Les Plaisirs de Village (Village Pleasures)

after a painting by Nicolaes Berchem, called van Haarlem, landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher, 1620-1683 (artist notes)
Flemish (artist nationality)
draughtsman and engraver (artist role)
Berchem, Nicolaes, 1620-1683, called van Haarlem (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: Berchem pinx. ; l. r.: E. De Ghendt Sculp. ; bottom center: (a coat of arms, probably that of Monsieur Damery, is in the center beneath the image with the following text in French on either side of it) LES PLAISIRS DE VILLAGE / Ce Tableau est au Cabinet de Monsieur Damery Chevalier / de l'Ordre Royal Militaire de St. Louis. / a Paris chez aAliamet, rue des Mathurins, vis a vis celle des Masons ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Arthur H Clark Co / July 1930 / $8 00 ; l. r.: (in pencil) 14 x 16 7/16 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/539 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Fine condition. Light adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1930. (provenance)
Flute (instrument)
18th century (century)
Miscellaneous Art (large) (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.