Antique Master Print-BOY-FLUTE-MUSICAM-DOCET-AMOR-Leopold-c.1720-1750

‘MUSICAM DOCET AMOR. LUST UND LIEB LEHRNT PFEIFFEN. ARTE VALENT DIGITI, VAYENS HINE PROSPECTAT OCELLUS NEC NUMERI TACTUM, AD VIRGIMS OPTAMUS. ER HAT ES SCHON AM GRIFF DRUM MUSS ES IHM AUCH GL?CKEN, DAS ER KAN NEBEN HIN NACH DER BR?NETTE BLICKEN. / CUM PRIVE, SAC. CAES. MAJ. / IOH. CHRIST. LEOPOLD EXCUDIT AUG. VIND.’ – Genre portrait of a young boy playing a flute, shown half-length against a dark background. Beneath the image a Latin and German poetic inscription referring to love teaching music.