Johann Georg Wille
Man Seated, with Figure Behind him Pointing to the Left
1700-1799
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Johann Georg Wille
Man Seated, with Figure Behind him Pointing to the Left
1700-1799
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 256 x 170 mm. (10 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Plate: 207 x 157 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
Image: 178 x 128 mm. (7 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.905
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: below image, lower right, in graphite "85B"; below image, lower center, in graphite "cette planche n'a jamais [indecipherable] dans la suite des / 12. je l'ai fait effacer; car elle me [indecipherable] absolument"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
