De Oude Koekvrijer (The Old Cake Suitor)

after Jan Steen, genre painter, 1626-1679 (artist notes)
Flemish (artist nationality)
draughtsman and engraver (artist role)
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) J. Steen pinxcit. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) L. A. Claessens & L. Portmans Sculp. ; l. l.: (in Dutch) J. STEEN begint zyne vryaadje / met eene hant vol zoets. ; l. r.: (in French) Les Amours et les Douceurs / de J. STEEN. / No. 12. ; u. l.: (in pencil) [marking] N 4 ; l. l.: (in pencil along bottom edge) [illegible] ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Clark. Sep 1925 / $1.50 ; u. r.: (in pencil) 29 ; lower center: (in pencil) 074 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/339 (inscription)
Stipple engraving. (medium)
Good condition. Some surface dirt in margins. Adhesive tape stains and other stains at upper left and lower right corners of left edge of sheet. Top center of image (in upper wall) seems worn or slightly abraded. There appears to be a small loss in the print near the dog's back leg. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1925. (provenance)
Flute, Violin, Cittern (instrument)
Portman, Lodewyk Gotlieb, 1772-after 1813 (related names)
late 18th-early 19th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians Indoors (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.