Johann Georg Wille
The Grotto
1759
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 165 x 210 mm. (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Plate: 130 x 190 mm. (5 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Image: 115 x 172 mm. (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3711
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper right, in graphite "35"; below image, lower left, in brown ink "J.G. Wille graveur du Roi"; below image, lower left, in graphite "21"; below image, lower center, in graphite "[indecipherable] 35"; below image, lower center, in graphite "1er Etat."; below image, lower right, in graphite "35 / K10" Verso: lower right in graphite indecipherable
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
