La Tentation de St. Antoine (The Temptation of St. Anthony)

after a painting by David Teniers, the younger, painter and engraver, 1610-1690 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
draughtsman, etcher, and engraver (artist role)
Teniers, David, the younger, 1610-1690 (original artist)
Recto: u. r.: (in pencil) Teniers ; l. l.: (just beneath image) D. Teniers pinxit. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Jac. Ph. Le Bas Sculpsit ; bottom center: (in French) LA TENTATION DE ST. ANTOINE / Estampe gravée d'apres un tableau peint par David Teniers de l'Hôtel de Matignon, appartenant à Monseigneur le Duc de Valentinois, Pair de France. / A Paris chez Jac. Ph. Le Bas graveur du Cabinet du Roy au bas de la rue de la Harpe. ; l. l.: (corner, just above plate impression) Imp. Lamoureux, r S Jean de Beauvais, 12 Paris ; l. r: (corner, just above plate impression) 41e Teniers ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil, beneath a question mark) Ritti / July 1, 1925 / 40 fcs ; l. r.: (in pencil, upside down) T ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/537 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners. Small adhesion in center of image near a dragon-like creature with wings who flies out of a doorway. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librarie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 1 July 1925. (provenance)
Recorder (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.