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The Flute Player / Lucas Vorsterman, the elder [artwork]
- Title
- The Flute Player [artwork]
- Artist
- Vorsterman, Lucas, the elder, 1595-1675
- Date Created
- 17th century
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (26.1 x 19.0 cm.)
- Artist notes
- after a painting by Otto Vorsterman, painter, 17th century
- Artist nationality
- Flemish
- Artist role
- draughtsman and engraver
- Original artist
- Vorsterman, Otto, 17th century
- Inscription
- Recto: u. l.: (engraved monogram) OV ; u. r.: (engraved monogram) LV ; bottom center: (four lines of engraved script beneath image, in Dutch, two top lines first, then two bottom lines) Veel hebben hun vermaeck op dit of dat te speelen / Tsÿ sÿter oft Luÿt Basconter oft veelen; / Maer ick Segh voor mÿn part en houde voor gewis, / Dat t spel op de pÿp ver het beste van al is ; l. r.: L. Vorsterma ; verso: l. l. (in pencil) C575/199 and (upside down, in pencil) 004215.14
- Medium
- Engraving.
- Condition
- Fine condition. The engraving has been relined with a paper backing. It has been trimmed to the edge of the plate impression and just beneath the inscription. There are losses at the lower left and right corners, which have been mended.
- Provenance
- Probably The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 6 Apr. 1939.
- Instrument
- Flute
- Century
- 17th century
- Subject
- Musician - Single player
- Miller category
- Works of art - - Single Players
- Miller ID
- 0605/L
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014