Un faiseur de flutte / Ein Pfeiffenmacher (A Male 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.: Martin Engelbrecht excud. A.V.; u. r. :169; l. r.: (in pencil): 18th C.; l. c.: (title and identification of instruments or tools, in French and German) Un faiseur de flutte. Ein Pfeiffenmacher. / 1. bane à tailler, 1. ein Schnigbanckh. 2. affermissoirs(?), 2. Späne. 3. hachette, 3. eine Haue. 4. un foret, 4. ein Borer. 5. une sie, 5. eine Säge. 6. un haut bois, 6. ein Hautbois. 7. un fagot, 7. ein fagot. 8. 9. cornets, 8. 9. Zinckhen. 10. toute sorte de fluttes, 10. allerlein flötten. Verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Emil Hirsch Sep. 1934 / 12 1/2 RM; l. l.: C575/234; l. r.: Mich. Rösler fec. (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. (condition)
Emil Hirsch, Munich, 19 Sept. 1934. (provenance)
Oboe, Bassoon, Cornett, Recorder, Flute (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.