Johann Georg Wille and Antoine Pesne
Fréderic II Roi de Prusse
1700-1799
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 572 x 429 mm. (22 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.)
Plate: 411 x 297 mm. (16 3/16 x 11 11/16 in.)
Image: 388 x 283 mm. (15 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.769
Bust portrait.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Pesne P"; LWRC: (in matrix) : "Fréderic II Roi de Prusse"; BR: "Wille S."; BLC: (graphite) "LB 151"; Bottom Edge: (graphite) "Before [illegible]"; BRC: (graphite in diamond) "1696". Verso: BL: Claghorn stamp; BR: Garrett stamp.
Markings: Claghorn and Garrett collectors' stamps.
