Johann Georg Wille and Pierre-Alexandre Wille
Sister of the Goodwife of Normandy
1774
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 309 x 232 mm. (12 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Plate: 265 x 200 mm. (10 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Image: 215 x 193 mm. (8 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.784
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Gravé par J.G. Wille, Graveur du Roi/ et de L.M. Imp. et Roi"; below image, lower center, in plate "Soeur de la Bonne Femme de Normandie/ Dédié a Monsieur de Belle Architecte Expert du Roi [...]"; below image, lower right, in plate "d'après le dessein de son Fils/ Pierre Alexandre Wille"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1628"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
