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Johann Georg Wille

The Grotto

1759

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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

Artist

Johann Georg Wille

1714–1807

German, 1715-1808
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