Johann Georg Wille and Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Hagar Presented to Abraham by Sara
1700-1799
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- Artist: Johann Georg Wille
- Artist: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Hagar Presented to Abraham by Sara
1700-1799
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 510 x 654 mm. (20 1/16 x 25 3/4 in.)
Plate: 408 x 511 mm. (16 1/16 x 20 1/8 in.)
Image: 345 x 490 mm. (13 9/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.793
Abraham speaking to the young Hagar, who is being introduced by the elderly Sara.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Le Blanc, Charles. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Jean Georges Wille, graveur Le graveur en taille douce, 1 (Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1847).
Entries: 170. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Ms. notes [UkBM]; additional states.
Apell, Aloys. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexikon der vorzüglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blätter (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): pp. 459-471.
Lawrence, H. W., Basil Lewis Dighton. French line engravings of the late eighteenth century (London: Lawrence and Jellicoe, Ltd., 1910): pp. 88.
Entries: 170. Millimeters. Inscriptions. States. Described. Ms. notes [UkBM]; additional states.
Apell, Aloys. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler, oder Lexikon der vorzüglichsten Kupferstecher des XIX. Jahrhunderts welche in Linienmanier gearbeitet haben, sowie Beschreibung ihrer besten und gesuchtesten Blätter (Leipzig: Alexander Danz, 1880): pp. 459-471.
Lawrence, H. W., Basil Lewis Dighton. French line engravings of the late eighteenth century (London: Lawrence and Jellicoe, Ltd., 1910): pp. 88.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Peint par C.W.E. Dietrich Peintre de la Cour Electorale de Saxe"; LWRC: "Agar Presentee a Abraham par Sara / A Son Altesse..."; BR: "Grave par J.G. Wille Graveur du Roi..."; BRC: (graphite in diamond) "1566". Verso: BL: Claghorn stamp; BR: Garrett stamp.
Markings: Claghorn and Garrett collectors' stamps.
