Un Concert (A Concert) - Public domain engraving

after a painting by Gerard Pietersz. van Zyl, called Geraers or Gerards Geraers, portrait and genre painter, 1607-1665 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
draughtsman and etcher (artist role)
Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. van, 1607-1665, called Geraers or Gerards Geraers (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) Guerards Pinxit. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) G. Texier Sculp. ; bottom center: (coat of arms with fleur de lis surmounted by a sun and a crown, on either side of which is an inscription) Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. le Brun. / D'après le Tableau Original de Guerards de la Grandeur de 10 pouces sur 12 de large. / A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins au coin de celle de Sorbonne. ; u. l.: (in pencil) No 3 ; l. l.: (in pencil) bp ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 16 ; u. r.: (along edge, in pencil) Clark Sep. 1923 / $4 00 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Etching itself is in good condition. Tiny brown stain on right shoulder of woman seated in center. A few small edge tears at top and bottom edges of sheet. Surface dirt and some stains in margins. Lower left corner of sheet missing. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners of sheet. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1923. (provenance)
Recorder?, Guitar (instrument)
Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 1748-1813 (related names)
18th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians Indoors (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.