[The Recorder Lesson] / Giovanni Cattini [artwork]
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- Title
- [The Recorder Lesson] [artwork]
- Artist
- Cattini, Giovanni, ca. 1715-1804
- Date Created
- 18th century
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- 18 x 13 3/4 inches (45.8 x 34.9 cm.)
- Artist notes
- after a drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, painter and draughtsman, 1682-1754
- Artist nationality
- Italian
- Artist role
- engraver
- Original artist
- Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista, 1682-1754
- Inscription
- Recto: l. l.: Jo. Bapta Piazzetta delin. ; l. r.: Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus. ; l. c.: Excellentiss. Sebastiano Molin Senat. Ven. / Bonarum Artium Cultori Eruditiss. / in perpetuum observantiae pignus D.D.D. ; l.c.: IX. ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: 2/? ; u. r.: Ritti / Ap. 1928 / 12.00 ; l. l.: C575/500 ; l. c.: HY ; l. r.: (brown ink) 170 4 / 1042 / 2.
- Medium
- Etching.
- Condition
- Lightly stained corners at upper left, lower left, and lower right. Lined with heavy paper. Two small edge tears, upper left edge and right center edge, mended and supported by paper backing.
- Provenance
- Paul Ritti, Librairie Ritti, Paris, 4 April 1928.
- Instrument
- Recorder
- Century
- 18th century
- Subjects
- Reproductive print [after well-known artist]
- Music lesson
- Miller category
- Exhibition
- Miller ID
- 0164/X
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014