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The Distracted Beholder
Public Domain

Johann Georg Wille and Frans van Mieris the Elder

The Distracted Beholder

1766

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The Distracted Beholder

1766

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
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 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

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