Photo, Print, Drawing [The Recorder Lesson]

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Title
[The Recorder Lesson]
Contributor Names
Giovanni Cattini, engraver, 1725-ca. 1800
Subject Headings
-  Iconography
Notes
-  after a drawing by Giambattista Piazzetta, painter and etcher, 1682-1754
-  Recto: l. l.: Jo. Bapta Piazzetta delin.; l. r.: Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus.; l. c.: Excellentiss. Sebastiano Molin Senat. Ven. / Bonarum Artium Cultori Eruditiss. / in perpetuum observantiae pignus D.D.D.; l.c.: IX.; Verso: (in pencil) u. l.: 2/?; u. r.: Ritti / Ap. 1928 / 12.00; l. l.: C575/500; l. c.: HY; l. r.: (brown ink) 170 4 / 1042 / 2.
-  Head-and-shoulder-length portrait of two men. One in cap, center, holds an open score; one in left profile, wearing striped garment with back to viewer, plays recorder at right, both with eyes gazing downward. Beautifully rendered.
-  Included in "The Pipers: An Exhibition of Engravings, Watercolors and Lithographs from the Dayton C. Miller Collection," Library of Congress, March 1977. Translation of inscription from The Pipers exhibition list: "This is given as a token of enduring respect to his excellency Sebastiano Molin, Senator of Venice, a most learned cultivator of the fine arts." [described further as] "Engraving and etching by Johannes Cattini (Italian, 1725-?) after an original drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682-1754). This is plate number IX of a set of fourteen large heads engraved by Cattini after Piazzetta."
-  In a Web site on Recorder Iconography compiled by Nicholas S. Lander, there is an engraving, The Recorder Lesson, Private Collection, Venice, with nearly the same dimensions. This engraving by Cattini, may be based on a painting by Piazzetta, entitled Two Boys Making Music, which was auctioned on August 5, 2001. Lander Web site page, with further details: http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickl/artp.html. External From Lander, N.S. (1996-2003). Recorder Iconography. [http://www.iinet.net.au/~nickl/art.html] External (Accessed 3 March 2003).
-  Lightly stained corners at upper left, lower left, and lower right. Lined with heavy paper. Two small edge tears, upper left edge and right center edge, mended and supported by paper backing.
-  Paul Ritti, Librairie Ritti, Paris, 4 April 1928.
Medium
Engraving. 18 x 13 3/4 inches (45.8 x 34.9 cm.)
Call Number/Physical Location
X
Repository
Music Division
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/dcmicon.0164
Description
after a drawing by Giambattista Piazzetta, painter and etcher, 1682-1754 Recto: l. l.: Jo. Bapta Piazzetta delin.; l. r.: Joannes Cattini Sculptor Venetus.; l. c.: Excellentiss. Sebastiano Molin Senat. Ven. / Bonarum Artium Cultori Eruditiss. / in perpetuum observantiae pignus D.D.D.; l.c.: IX.; Verso: (in pencil) u. l.: 2/?; u. r.: Ritti / Ap. 1928 / 12.00; l. l.: C575/500; l. c.: HY; l. r.: (brown ink) 170 4 / 1042 / 2. Head-and-shoulder-length portrait of two men. One in cap, center, holds an open score; one in left profile, wearing striped garment with back to viewer, plays recorder at right, both with eyes gazing downward. Beautifully rendered. Included in "The Pipers: An Exhibition of Engravings, Watercolors and Lithographs from the Dayton C. Miller Collection," Library of Congress, March 1977. Translation of inscription from The Pipers exhibition list: "This is given as a token of enduring respect to his excellency Sebastiano Molin, Senator of Venice, a most learned cultivator of the fine arts." [described further as] "Engraving and etching by Johannes Cattini (Italian, 1725-?) after an original drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682-1754). This is plate number IX of a set of fourteen large heads engraved by Cattini after Piazzetta." In a Web site on Recorder Iconography compiled by Nicholas S. Lander, there is an engraving, The Recorder Lesson, Private Collection, Venice, with nearly the same dimensions. This engraving by Cattini, may be based on a painting by Piazzetta, entitled Two Boys Making Music, which was auctioned on August 5, 2001. Lander Web site page, with further details: http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickl/artp.html. External From Lander, N.S. (1996-2003). Recorder Iconography. [http://www.iinet.net.au/~nickl/art.html] External (Accessed 3 March 2003). Lightly stained corners at upper left, lower left, and lower right. Lined with heavy paper. Two small edge tears, upper left edge and right center edge, mended and supported by paper backing. Paul Ritti, Librairie Ritti, Paris, 4 April 1928.

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