Peintures antiques découvertes à Herculanum et conservées dans le Musaeum de Portici, no. 38 (Antique paintings discovered at Herculaneum and conserved in the Museum of Portici, no. 38)

after a drawing by Pierre Adrien Pâris, painter, architect, draughtsman, decorator, and engraver, 1745-1819; from a book compiled by Richard, or Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, draughtsman, etcher, and aquatinter, 1727-1791 (artist notes)
Italian (artist nationality)
draughtsman and engraver (artist role)
Pâris, Pierre Adrien, 1745-1819 (original artist)
Recto: u. r.: (above image on right) Naples; l. l.: (beneath image on left) Gravé par Stagnon; l. r.: (beneath image on right) Terminé par Choffard; bottom center: (in French) Peintures antiques découvertes à Herculanum et conservées dans le Musaeum de Portici. / Dessinées par Paris Dessinateur du Roi; l. l.: No. 38; l. r.: A. P. D. R. ; verso: left center: (in pencil) Reeves / 1/- ; u. r.: (in pencil) 39; l. l: (in pencil) C575/640 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. (condition)
Harold Reeves, London, 10 Mar. 1937. (provenance)
Aulos (instrument)
Choffard, Pierre-Philippe, 1730-1809; Saint-Non, Jean-Claude Richard de, 1727-1791 (related names)
18th century (century)
Mythological, etc. (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.