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Lot 296
att. Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695-1736), Musician
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Sanguine on laid paper, unsigned, later pencil notation on verso reads "Pater," matted and framed under glass. Sheet size 10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.; DOA 20 x 17 in.

Private Collection of a Lady, Raleigh, North Carolina

A copy of a letter excerpt from Dr. David James, dated July 31, 1962, reads: "...In regard to the drawing of the 'Joueur de Vielle' of Pater, I have looked up Vielle in the 'Petit Larousse' and they define it as follows: 'Instrumet de musique ancien et populaire, a cordes et a touches (keys, que l'on fait agir au moyen d'une roue mae par une manivelle, et qui fait entendre, en plus de l'air execute, une basse permanente..."

$800 - 1,200