Bernard Picart - Recorder Player's Hands, Dayton C. Miller Collection

French (artist nationality)

painter, draughtsman, and engraver (artist role)

Recto: l. l.: B. Picart fec. 1707. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Y 3 / [Desoe?] / Arthur H. Clark / Dec. 17, 1937 / 6.00 ; l. l.: (in pencil) Frontispiece of / Hotteterre's Instructions / for the flute-à-bec. ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/205 (inscription)

Etching. (medium)

Good condition. Light adhesive stains at upper and lower corners of left edge. Two light reddish-brown stains in middle of right margin. Light surface dirt at top and bottom edges. (condition)

The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 17 Dec. 1937. (provenance)

Recorder (instrument)

Hotteterre, Jacques, 1674-1763, called Le Romain (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 - 1799

Library of Congress

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Public Domain