The Pifferari playing before the Virgin, Rome

after a painting by Sir David Wilkie, painter and etcher, 1785-1841 (artist notes)
Unknown (artist nationality)
Wilkie, David, 1785-1841 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: (within image) The Pifferari playing before / the Virgin ; l. r.: (within image) Rome / D. Wilkie ; top center: (in pencil) B ; l. l.: (in pencil) Italie Ritti. Nov. 24. 1925 30 fcs $1.20 ; bottom center: (in pencil) Pifferari devant la madone ; verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/579 (inscription)
Chalk lithograph, sepia-toned, with white highlights. (medium)
Fair to good condition. Adhesive tape stains at upper and lower corners of left edge. Light staining and foxing in margins and on verso. Small top and bottom edge tears have been mended, as well as loss at upper right corner of sheet. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 24 Nov. 1925. (provenance)
Piffaro, Bagpipe (instrument)
19th century (century)
Works of Art [General] (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.