[ Landscape with Flute-playing Shepherd], Dayton C. Miller Collection

after a drawing by Tiziano Vecelli, called Titian, ca. 1488-1576 (artist notes)

Flemish (artist nationality)

painter and engraver (artist role)

Titian, ca. 1488-1576 (original artist)

Recto: (no inscription); Verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/639 (inscription)

Etching. (medium)

Original paper is trimmed to the edges of the image. It appears to have been cut in half, vertically, at center, but the original work is now lined with a paper backing. Some small losses at lower left corner and lower center edge. (condition)

Paul Ritti, Librairie Ritti, Paris, 7 Jan. 1927. (provenance)

Flute (instrument)

17th 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.

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1600 - 1699

Library of Congress

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Public Domain