Johann Georg Wille and Jacque-François Delyen
Nicolas René Berrier
1754-1764
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 496 x 354 mm. (19 1/2 x 13 15/16 in.)
Plate: 482 x 342 mm. (19 x 13 7/16 in.)
Image: 413 x 323 mm. (16 1/4 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.1003
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 left, in graphite "LB 127"; below image, lower center, in graphite "[indecipherable] Berrier"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1672"; below image, lower right, in graphite "1st state" Verso: lower center in graphite "Lebl 127 / 1st stat"; lower center in graphite "4218 / a/a/"; lower center in graphite "Nicolas René Berrier"; lower right in graphite "8/v/."
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
