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Silver Orchestral Flute





Silver Orchestral Flute in Case







Young Woman Playing Flute




Closeup of Girl Playing Flute







A Flute Concert of Frederick the Great at Sansouci (by Adolph von Menzel)

The great German leader, Frederick the Great (1712-86), was a military genius but also was an accomplished writer and musician, who composed and played flute music.

The above painting was painted posthumously in 1852 by Adolph von Menzel, a superb painter of historical subjects. It shows Frederick playing the flute in his Sans Souci palace at Potsdam.




Detail of the painting Singing Boy with Flute (c. 1623) by Dutch artist Frans Hals
Current location: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Germany.



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Note: This picture gallery page features photos (photographs) of flutes, plus drawings, paintings, diagrams, images and illustrations of them.