Jacques Dassonville - Les musiciens champêtres (Country musicians)

French (artist nationality)
painter and etcher (artist role)
Recto: l. l.: (within plate) I Dassonneuille fecit ; verso: center: (oval red stamp) [MEWES] ; l. l. (oval blue stamp, with stars inside and text around border) CH. PROTECTOR MEUS ; l. l.: (in pencil) 2 ; l. r.: (in pencil, upside down) F ; mount: u. l.: (in pencil) Ritti. Sep 11, 1928 / 40 fcs. = 1.60 ; lower center: (in pencil) R.D. 8. Les musicians champêtres / Gravé par Dassonville (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition overall. Top left corner missing. Light stains on verso. Oval red stamp on verso has bled through center of image at the base of the bagpipe. Mounted on heavy paper support. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Paris, 11 Sept. 1928. (provenance)
Bagpipe, Duct flute or Shawm (instrument)
Arenberg collection; Mewes, Charles-Frédéric, 1858-1914 (related names)
17th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians including Processions (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.