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Flötten, Hautbois, Flachinett, Fagot, und Clarinett (Flutes, Oboe, Flageolet, Bassoon, and Clarinet) / Martin Engelbrecht [artwork]

Flötten, Hautbois, Flachinett, Fagot, und Clarinett (Flutes, Oboe, Flageolet, Bassoon, and Clarinet) [artwork]
Title
Flötten, Hautbois, Flachinett, Fagot, und Clarinett (Flutes, Oboe, Flageolet, Bassoon, and Clarinet) [artwork]
Artist
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Genre
artwork
Date Created
ca. 1720
Physical Description
Sheet on which it is mounted: 17 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches (44.8 x 30.7 cm.); original sheet: 13 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (33.3 x 21.2 cm.); plate impression: 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (29.7 x 18.5 cm.)
Artist nationality
German
Artist role
engraver and publisher
Inscription
Recto: l. l.: (at bottom edge of image) Cum Priv. S. C. Majest.; l. r.: Martin Engelbrecht fec: et exc. A.V.; l. c.: (title, above text in old German) Flötten, Hautbois, Flachinett, Fagot, und Clarinett &c: (then, two stanzas of verse) Der Wind so nichts scheint in der Welt / Gibt durch gedrehte hölzne Röhren, / Wann zung und zähne recht bestelt, / Recht wunder schöne Thon zu hören, / Die Lieblichkeit der doucen Pfeiffen / Ist nicht mit Sinnen zu begreifen. // In einem Schatten-reichen Thal / Die Flötten und ein Flachinette / Mit der Lobwerthen Nachtigall / Anmuthigst schlagen in die Wette; / Und der Fagot mit tieffen brausen / Den Baß darzu als Grund macht sausen. ; on mount at l. l.: (in pencil) Martin Engelbrecht, Augsburg, c. 1720; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Antiqua / Aug. 1936 / fl. 12 = $8 00; l. l.: C575/499 [and] 004215.8 (upside down) [and] 2.92.243.66
Medium
Etching and engraving, hand-colored with watercolor.
Condition
Very fine condition.
Provenance
Antiqua Boek- antiquariaat en -commissiehandel, Amsterdam, 26 July 1936.
Instrument
Bassoon, Recorder, Oboe, Flageolet, Clarinet
Century
18th century
Subject
Musician - Single player
Miller category
Exhibition
Miller ID
0391/X
Repository
Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 07-07-2010

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