[ Soldier playing flute, recto; fisherman, verso]

German (artist nationality)
history and battle painter (artist role)
Recto: (in blue pencil, erased?) l. r. 1796; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Henning Oppermann / Nov. 1928 / $28.00; l. c.: Jac. Matth. [?]; l. l.: C575/486 (inscription)
Pen and ink drawing, with grey and red wash, heightened in white. (medium)
Two small holes top center, otherwise good condition. (condition)
Henning Oppermann, Buchantiquariat und Buchhandlung, Basel, 17 Oct. 1928. (provenance)
Flute (instrument)
Weyer, Matthias, ?-ca. 1690 (related names)
17th century (century)
Exhibition (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.