L' Accord Parfait (Perfect Harmony), Dayton C. Miller Collection

after a painting by Jean Antoine, or Antoine, Watteau, painter of fêtes galantes, draughtsman and engraver, 1684-1721 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
engraver and etcher (artist role)
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: A. Watteau pinxit. ; l. r.: Baron Sculp. ; bottom center: (in French and in Latin) L'ACCORD PARFAIT / Gravé d'Apres le Tableau original Peint par Watteau, de même grandeur. / MAGNA INTER MOLLES CONCORDIA . Juv. Sat. 2. / Scalpta juxtà Exemplar ejusdem magnistudinis à Watteavo Depictum ; l. l.: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. de Jullienne. ; bottom center: a Paris chez la V. Chereau rüe St. Jacque aux deux pilliers d'or, et chez Surugue graveur rüe des Noyers vis a vis St. Yves. ; l. r.: Avec Privilege du Roy. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Clark. / Feb. 1928 / [$]4 25; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/490 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Light adhesive stains at upper and lower left of left edge. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 1928. (provenance)
Flute, Lute (instrument)
Jullienne, Jean de, 1686-1766 (related names)
18th century (century)
Exhibition (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.