Albrecht Dürer - Das Mannerbad (The Men's Bath)

German (artist nationality)
painter and engraver (artist role)
Recto: l. c.: (monogram) AD ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Clark's Dec 1937; l. l.: C575/687 [and] 00425830; l. r.: 10 1/4 x 14 3/8. (inscription)
Woodcut. (medium)
It appears to have been lined with a heavier paper, perhaps before its acquisition, as there is a pencilled notation top center of verso: "Clark's Dec 1937." It has been trimmed unevenly very close to the edges of the image, leaving no margins. There is a deep horizontal crease or tear in the center through the entire length of the image, but it is mended and is supported with a paper lining on the verso. A smaller horizontal tear, also mended, is at the lower left. Lower left corner creased; lower right corner stained. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 17 Dec. 1937. (provenance)
Recorder, Fiddle (instrument)
15th century (century)
Mythological, etc. (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.