Johann Georg Wille, Frans van Mieris the Elder, and others
Dutch Woman Knitting
1757
Scroll
- Artist: Johann Georg Wille
- Artist: Frans van Mieris the Elder
- Publisher: Johann Georg Wille
Dutch Woman Knitting
1757
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 423 x 309 mm. (16 5/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Plate: 413 x 296 mm. (16 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
Image: 353 x 285 mm. (13 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.980
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper left in reverse, in plate "1757"; above image, upper center, in graphite "A"; below image, lower left, in "Peint par F. Mieris"; below image, lower center, in plate six lines of text beginning "Tricoteuse Hollandoise / Dedié a Monsieur Eberts Banquier [...]"; below image, lower right, in plate "Gravé par J.G. Wille Graveur du Roi."; below image, lower left, in graphite "Wille"; below image, lower right, in graphite "2d. state"; below image, lower left, in graphite diamond with "1609"; below image, lower right, in graphite "64." Verso: lower left in brown ink "No. 1600."
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
