Johann Georg Wille, Frans van Mieris the Elder
The Distracted Beholder
1765
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Johann Georg Wille, Frans van Mieris the Elder
The Distracted Beholder
1765
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 303 x 236 mm. (11 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Image: 238 x 211 mm. (9 3/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.992
Proof before letters. For additional impressions of this print, see 1984.81.991 and 1984.81.993.
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 [erased]"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1611" Verso: lower right in graphite "#699 / very rare / SJ - Y / Very scarce"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett