Procession d'une nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari Plegtige Staatsi van een' Bruid, die naâr 't Huiz haares Mans gevoerd word (Procession of a newlywed who comes to the home of her husband)

Dutch (artist nationality)
draughtsman and engraver (artist role)
Recto: top center: (banner in sky, in French) PROCESSION d’une nouvelle MARIÉE qui se rend chez son MARI ; l. l.: J. v. Schley sculp. ; bottom center: (in Dutch) PLEGTIGE STAATSI van een' BRUID, die naâr 't Huiz haares MANS gevoerd word . ; l. r.: (in pencil, within plate impression) 1750 ; l. l.: (in pencil) showing Flute Player ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) 2 25 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/623 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Light adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners. Some surface dirt along edges of sheet at lower right. Two vertical creases: one is in the center of the sheet, the other is about 2 1/2 inches from the left plate impression. Neither crease affects the image adversely. There is a small hole in the right half of the upper margin. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, no date given. (provenance)
Stringed instruments, Dizi (Chinese flute), Shawm, Drum, Curved trumpet (instrument)
Prévost, Abbé, 1697-1763 (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.