Skip to main content
The Distracted Observer - Image 1
The Distracted Observer - Image 2

Johann Georg Wille and Frans van Mieris the Elder

The Distracted Observer

1765

Thumbnail 1
Thumbnail 2
Scroll

The Distracted Observer

1765

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 301 x 235 mm. (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.) Image: 237 x 210 mm. (9 5/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number 1943.32.364
Child blowing bubbles.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Signed l/r just below engraved surface, Grave par J.G. Wille Graveur du Roi, 1766

Artist

Johann Georg Wille

1714–1807

German, 1715-1808
Meet Johann →

Artist

Frans van Mieris the Elder

1634–1680

Dutch, 1635-1681
Meet Frans →

Explore the Collection Further

Johann Georg Wille and Gerard Terborch II
Fatherly Advice
1764
Johann Georg Wille and Frans van Mieris the Elder
The Distracted Beholder
1765
Heinrich Guttenberg, Carl Wilhelm Weisbrod, and others
Second View of a Castle in Ruins near Chevreuse
1768–1805
Johann Georg Wille and Frans van Mieris the Elder
The Distracted Beholder
1765
Christian Gottlieb Geyser and Johann Georg Wille
Die fischerinn
1761–1802
Johann Georg Wille and Frans van Mieris the Elder
The Distracted Beholder
1765
Christian Gottlieb Geyser and Johann Georg Wille
Der fischer
1761–1802
Franz Edmund Weirotter and Johann Georg Wille
Fontaine près de Meulan
1754–1764
Franz Edmund Weirotter and Johann Georg Wille
Ruines de l'abbaye de saint maur
1754–1764
Johann Heinrich Rode and Johann Georg Wille
Mark Peterman von Vesten Ville
1751
Christian von Mechel and Johann Georg Wille
The Rat-Poison Seller
1757
Johann Georg Wille and Louis Tocqué
Jean Baptiste Massé
1754