Le Concert d'une Faune (The Faun's Concert)

after a drawing by Carlo Cignani, painter, 1628-1719 (artist notes)
Italian (artist nationality)
painter and engraver (artist role)
Cignani, Carlo, 1628-1719 (original artist)
Verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Mi B U [?]; center: (in pencil) Carlo Cignani / 1853 (encircled) / + 485; l. l.: (in pencil) 2/; l. r.: (in pencil) 2/; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/172 (inscription)
Engraving and etching. (medium)
Fine condition. Trimmed to plate impression, with all four corners trimmed at an angle. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 23 Nov. 1923. (provenance)
Pipe (fanciful), Panpipes, Tambourine (instrument)
18th century (century)
Works of art - - Early Subjects (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.