Jan de Bisschop - Pan and Apollo 17th century

Dutch (artist nationality)
lawyer, draughtsman, and etcher (artist role)
Recto: l. r.: (in pencil) Episcopius; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Episcopius; right: (in pencil) 9/ / 1.50; center: (in pencil) J. E. Bishop?; l. r.: (in pencil) 7 c; bottom center: (tiny stamp, in black ink, a circle enclosing a triangle over initials D B); recto of mat: u. l.: (in pencil) 1.50 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Fair condition. Small tear in Pan's arm has been patched. Some surface dirt. Mat is torn. (condition)
Source not known. Formerly in the collection of Désiré Bouillard, a 19th-century engraver from Belgium. (provenance)
Lyre, Panpipes (instrument)
Bouillard, Désiré, 19th-century (related names)
17th century (century)
Works of art - - Early Subjects (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.