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Der Pfeiffenmacher (The Wind Instrument Maker) / Christoph Weigel [artwork]

Der Pfeiffenmacher (The Wind Instrument Maker) [artwork]
Title
Der Pfeiffenmacher (The Wind Instrument Maker) [artwork]
Artist
Weigel, Christoph, 1654-1725
Genre
artwork
Date Created
1698
Physical Description
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 inches (20.6 x 15.2 cm.); image, without text: 3 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (8.0 x 8.2 cm.); plate impression: (barely visible) 5 1/8 x 3 3/8 inches (13.0 x 8.6 cm.)
Artist notes
possibly after a design by Caspar Luyken, or Luiken, engraver, 1672-1708
Artist nationality
Austrian
Artist role
engraver and print publisher
Inscription
Recto: u. c.: Der Pfeiffenmacher / [another line of text in old German script]; l. c.: [6 lines of text in old German script]; Verso: (in pencil) l. l.: Seuffer & Willi / Munich / Jan. 1934 / 5.6 G.M. 5. -- = $2.15; l. l.: C575/660; l. r.: (initials?) H O
Medium
Engraving.
Condition
Fine condition. Very thin paper. There is a narrow strip of old adhesive (glue?) along left edge of sheet.
Provenance
Seuffer & Willi, Buch- und Kunst- Antiquarïat, Munich, 24 Jan. 1934.
Instrument
Bassoon, Shawm, Curtal, Cornett, Recorder, Oboe
Related names
Luyken, Caspar, 1672-1708
Century
17th century
Subject
Flutemaking
Miller category
Instruments - - Plates
Miller ID
0353/Z
Repository
Music Division, Library of Congress

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