François Boucher - Cinq musiciens ambulant (Five strolling musicians)

after a drawing by Jean Antoine, or Antoine, Watteau, painter of fêtes galantes, draughtsman and engraver, 1684-1721 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
painter, draughtsman and engraver (artist role)
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: (within plate impression) Boucher. S. ["S" is reversed] ; l. r.: (within plate impression) Wate. bl. [should read "dl"; the "d" is reversed] ; l. r.: (within plate impression) . 347. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Ritti / Sep. 1925 / 45 fcs. / Gravé par Boucher / d'après Watteau ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/632 ; l. r.: (pencil marking, illegible) (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 29 Sept. 1925. (provenance)
Pipe, Tabor, Hurdy-Gurdy (instrument)
Jullienne, Jean de, 1686-1766 (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.