Flute Collection (#2)

Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Ancient Greek pottery, (1898). Figs 1-9: Forms of Greek vases. Fig 1: Amphora, vessel for oil, wine etc. Fig 2: Hydria, vessel for carrying water. Fig 3: Urn, a cinerary vessel

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Frederick the Great as a Musician (engraving)
8659082 Frederick the Great as a Musician (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frederick the Great as a Musician)

Coat of Arms Shri Krishna (Murlidhar) in the centre Early 20th century; Surya Pratapgadh; Saurashtra; Gujarat; India
8725400 Coat of Arms Shri Krishna (Murlidhar) in the centre Early 20th century; Surya Pratapgadh; Saurashtra; Gujarat; India; Private Collection; (add.info)

Satyr playing the flute
7287222 Satyr playing the flute; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Satyr playing the flute. Roman copy, second half of the 1st century AD of an Hellenistic bronze)

German Musicians Playing Variations Of The Flute. After A Work By Jost Amman
UIG5420182 German Musicians Playing Variations Of The Flute. After A Work By Jost Amman. From Les Artes Au Moyen Age, Published Paris 1873 ©UIG/Leemage

Pan. Sculpture representing Pan, a centaur playing the flute, god of nature in Greek mythology
BEN5468311 Pan. Sculpture representing Pan, a centaur playing the flute, god of nature in Greek mythology. Directed by Niccolo Pericoli Tribolo II (1500-1550), 1549. Bargello Museum, Florence

Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria, driven by a small windmill (left)
5309443 Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria, driven by a small windmill (left); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an organ by the Hero of Alexandria)

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131-0058548 Flautist, Tile from the Palmita series, Catalan, 19th century
IND54526 131-0058548 Flautist, Tile from the Palmita series, Catalan, 19th century; Museo de Ceramica, Barcelona, Spain; Index Fototeca

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Flutiste d'Osuna - Flautist of Osuna. 3rd BC. Iberian art. Relief on rock. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY)
CUL4868718 Flutiste d'Osuna - Flautist of Osuna. 3rd BC. Iberian art. Relief on rock. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. SEVILLA

Musician of the Andouillicc Armee - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois
JEB4934941 Musician of the Andouillicc Armee - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) - (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

Middle Ages: The wedding banquet at the wedding of Clarisse, daughter of King Yvon of Gascony and Renaud
NWI4891748 Middle Ages: The wedding banquet at the wedding of Clarisse, daughter of King Yvon of Gascony and Renaud. engraving after the miniature of the manuscript "Renaud de Montauban"

Algeria, Ain zeft: local population around an Arab dancer and a Europeen with accordeon, 1906
LUX4780189 Algeria, Ain zeft: local population around an Arab dancer and a Europeen with accordeon, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria)

Full-length portrait of two Mexican musicians in uniform, 1870 (print on double-weight paper)
3561464 Full-length portrait of two Mexican musicians in uniform, 1870 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Mexico 1870 - 1900 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Young geishas playing music, 1875
LUX4711815 Young geishas playing music, 1875; (add.info.: Young geishas playing music, 1875); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Savoyard boy with fife and drum makes his puppets dance in time to the music by moving his knees
FLO4677600 Savoyard boy with fife and drum makes his puppets dance in time to the music by moving his knees. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesanger's Le Bon Genre, Paris

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians
FLO4620527 Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by

Chinese musical instruments: zhu 1, yu in the shape of a tiger 2, paiban 3, free-reed bamboo sheng 5, 6
FLO4622693 Chinese musical instruments: zhu 1, yu in the shape of a tiger 2, paiban 3, free-reed bamboo sheng 5, 6, bamboo pipes 7, flutes or dizi 8, 9, 10

Geography. Germany. German soldiers. German costumes of the XVIIth cent. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen"
3434990 Geography. Germany. German soldiers. German costumes of the XVIIth cent. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany

Goudok Rebec fiddle with three strings, Gelaika pipes, double flutes of the ancients, hunting horn of Siberia
FLO4593957 Goudok Rebec fiddle with three strings, Gelaika pipes, double flutes of the ancients, hunting horn of Siberia, Rojok (rozhok) trumpet, and Batalaika (Balalaika) guitar with two strings

Group of Algerian Kabyles - musicians (flute and drum), animal watchman (monkey) - child, dog
PCT4295306 Group of Algerian Kabyles - musicians (flute and drum), animal watchman (monkey) - child, dog, sheep's head - mountains of Kabylie (Atlas)

The entrance to the amphitheater of Syracuse
3568859 The entrance to the amphitheater of Syracuse; (add.info.: Syracuse 1890 ca. Date of Artwork: III-IV secc. Photographer: Crupi, Giovanni); Alinari Archives, Florence

Detail of the frescoes in the Tomb of the Leopards, in the necropolis of Tarquinia
3572363 Detail of the frescoes in the Tomb of the Leopards, in the necropolis of Tarquinia; (add.info.: Tarquinia 1900 ca. Date of Artwork: V sec. a. C)

Musician Angels. Two children (Putto - Putti): one plays the cymbal, the other plays the fife
BEN5463611 Musician Angels. Two children (Putto - Putti): one plays the cymbal, the other plays the fife and one plays with a rose. Bas relief (Bas-relief) made by Agostino di Duccio, around 1450

Euterpe, muse of music and lyric poetry, holding a flute. Found in the Tiburtino area of Rome near the Villa
FLO4997311 Euterpe, muse of music and lyric poetry, holding a flute. Found in the Tiburtino area of Rome near the Villa d'Este. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Perini after an illustration by A

Henry Cotyral or Henri Corneille Agrippa (Cornelius Agrippa or Agrippa by Nettesheim)
JEB4934239 Henry Cotyral or Henri Corneille Agrippa (Cornelius Agrippa or Agrippa by Nettesheim, 1486-1535) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais

Miss Camargo Dancing (oil on canvas)
CUL4847196 Miss Camargo Dancing (oil on canvas) by Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743); (add.info.: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743). Miss Camargo Dancing

Musician angels. Fresco by Mattia Preti (1613-1699) made between 1652-1653. Church of San Biagio, Modene
VEN5027704 Musician angels. Fresco by Mattia Preti (1613-1699) made between 1652-1653. Church of San Biagio, Modene.; (add.info.: Musician angels)

Roaming and begging Muslim dervishes, North Africa, circa 1800. Coloured engraving, 19th century
NWI4958937 Roaming and begging Muslim dervishes, North Africa, circa 1800. Coloured engraving, 19th century.; (add.info.: Roaming and begging Muslim dervishes, North Africa, circa 1800)

Turning dervishes, circa 1800. Sama dance of the Mevlevi order, Sufi Muslim order of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
NWI4960362 Turning dervishes, circa 1800. Sama dance of the Mevlevi order, Sufi Muslim order of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Turning dervishes, circa 1800)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Native American Indian playing flute with young women from a prairie village
NWI4896691 History of Indigenous Peoples: Native American Indian playing flute with young women from a prairie village. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Dance, curtain of Russian games, detail group of women with lute player. Tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
JEB4880632 Dance, curtain of Russian games, detail group of women with lute player. Tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Jean Baptiste Leprince)

Troubadour playing on six instruments in front of Prussian and Scots soldiers, 1815
FLO4677605 Troubadour playing on six instruments in front of Prussian and Scots soldiers, 1815. By moving his head, elbows and knees, he plays pan pipes, mandolin, drum, triangle

Chinese Ti-Tzu, So-na, Yueh-ch'in, Japanese Hiji-riki and Chinese La-pa, 1888
1578389 Chinese Ti-Tzu, So-na, Yueh-ch'in, Japanese Hiji-riki and Chinese La-pa, 1888; (add.info.: Chinese Ti-Tzu, So-na, Yueh-ch'in, Japanese Hiji-riki and the Chinese La-pa)

Peter Pan: High in the treetops of Never Never Neverland (colour litho)
8635657 Peter Pan: High in the treetops of Never Never Neverland (colour litho) by Barham, Sybil (1877-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: High in the treetops of Never Never Neverland)

Musikalische Unterhaltung / Musical Entertainment (colour litho)
8666191 Musikalische Unterhaltung / Musical Entertainment (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Musikalische Unterhaltung)

Men's baths, early 16th Century (colour litho)
8663524 Men's baths, early 16th Century (colour litho) by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men's baths, early 16th Century)

English group photographed in front of his villa in China while playing and drinking
3561811 English group photographed in front of his villa in China while playing and drinking by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: China 1890-1900 Photographer)

Frederick the Great
3118819 Frederick the Great; (add.info.: Scene depicting Frederick the Great (1712-1786) King of Prussia, attending a concert. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Shakuhachi, flute japonaise droite en bambou. Estampe japonaise de Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825). Collection privee
UIG5348908 Shakuhachi, flute japonaise droite en bambou. Estampe japonaise de Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825). Collection privee; Superstock/UIG

Life at sea, description of leisure moments on board boats, under the supervision of a naval officer: sailors shave
MMM5460188 Life at sea, description of leisure moments on board boats, under the supervision of a naval officer: sailors shave, draw, read (or study), play music (flute)

Girls playing shamisen and flute - Girls playing samisen and fuye - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979981 Girls playing shamisen and flute - Girls playing samisen and fuye - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Holy Conversation with Saint Jerome Painting by Paris Bordon (1500-1571) Milan Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli
QUA5034749 Holy Conversation with Saint Jerome Painting by Paris Bordon (1500-1571) Milan Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso Italy; (add.info)

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"The Enchanting Melodies of the Flute: A Journey Across Cultures and Time" Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the flute, an instrument that transcends boundaries and resonates with diverse cultures. From ancient Hindu mythology to modern-day Europe, this small yet powerful instrument has left its mark on history. In India, a picture of Hindu gods Krishna and Rada comes alive as their divine love story unfolds through the enchanting tunes of the flute. The Jolly Joker playing card adds a touch of whimsy to this musical journey, reminding us that music is often accompanied by laughter and joy. Travel eastward to Japan, where Komuso Buddhist monks donning straw hats play haunting melodies on bamboo flutes. Their meditative tunes transport listeners to a realm of tranquility and introspection. Step into 16th-century Europe with "The Ambassadors, " an oil painting that captures two men surrounded by various objects including a beautifully crafted flute. This artwork reminds us how music was cherished during Renaissance times as both an art form and a symbol of refinement. Venture further into exotic lands as you witness a snake charmer coaxing serpentine movements from his flute-like instrument while a mesmerizing snake emerges from its basket. This scene showcases how music can captivate not only human hearts but also nature itself. Explore China's rich musical heritage with instruments like ti-tzu, so-na, yueh-ch'in, la-pa - all variations of flutes that have been played for centuries. These traditional Chinese instruments evoke emotions ranging from melancholy to jubilation. Enter the realm of fantasy with Louis Wain's illustration featuring a mischievous mouse accompanying a talented feline flutist. This whimsical depiction reminds us that music has no bounds or limitations when it comes to imagination. Delve into Greek mythology where Marsyas teaches Olympus how to play the flute; here we see how this humble instrument can bridge the gap between mortal and divine, bringing harmony to both worlds.