Amor docet Musicam (Love teaches Music), recto Het schaep dient voor den dam geschut (The sheep must be stopped before the dam), verso

who has reworked an engraving possibly by Crispin van den Queborne, painter and engraver, 1604-1652, based on an original design by Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, painter and draughtsman, 1589-1662 (artist notes)
Unknown (artist nationality)
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662 (original artist)
Recto: bottom center: (within engraving, in Greek) ???s??? e??? d?d?s?e? [Love teaches Music] ; l. l.: (in pencil) Date 1626 ; bottom center: (in pencil) Flutes etc Date 1626 (inscription)
Engraving. (medium)
Engraving itself and sheet in very good condition, but engraving has been trimmed slightly into the plate impression at the top edge. Vertical crease about 1 1/4 inches from left edge of support sheet, where once folded. Adhesive tape stains at upper and lower corners of left edge of support sheet. There is another plate on the verso of this image - a farmer tending his sheep - which has been glued to the support sheet. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 8 Aug. 1923. (provenance)
Panpipes, Lute, Bass viol (instrument)
Queborne, Crispin van den, 1604-1652; Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660 (related names)
18th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians including Processions (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.