Une faiseuse de flutte / Eine Pfeiffenmacherin (A Female Wind Instrument Maker)

published by Martin Engelbrecht, engraver, 1684-1756 (artist notes)

German (artist nationality)

engraver (artist role)

Recto: l. l.: C.P.S.C. Maj.; l. r.: Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V.; u. r. :170.; l. c.: (title and identification of instruments or tools, in French and German) Une faiseuse de flutte. Eine Pfeiffenmacherin. / 1. une musette, 1. ein Dudelsackh. 2. une flutte à cornet, 2. ein Cornet flötte. 3. un fagot, 3. ein fagot. 4. un foret, 4. ein Bohrer. 5. un chalumeau, 5. ein Schalmei. 6. ciseau à tourner, 6. ein Dreheisen. 7. toute sorte de flutte, 7. allerlein flötten. 8. un cornet, 8. ein Zinckhe. 9. une corne de beouf, 9. ein Ochsenhorn. 10. une hachette, 10. ein Beil. 11. une sie, 11. eine Säge. 12. un cor de turquie, 12. ein Türckischhorn. Verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Emil Hirsch Sep. 1934 / 12 1/2 RM; l. l.: C575/213; l. r.: Mich. Rösler fec. (inscription)

Etching. (medium)

Good condition. (condition)

Emil Hirsch, Munich, 19 Sept. 1934. (provenance)

Musette, Recorder, Bassoon, Chalumeau, Flute, Cornett, Cow horn, Turkish horn, Bagpipe (instrument)

Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756 (related names)

18th century (century)

Works of art - - Single Players (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.

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1700 - 1800

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