Johann Georg Wille
The Grotto
1759
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 130 x 187 mm. (5 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Image: 116 x 173 mm. (4 9/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3712
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 plate "J.G. Wille Fecit 1760."; above image, upper right, in graphite "35"; below image, lower left, in graphite "21"; below image, lower left, in graphite "2d state"; below image, lower right, in graphite "35"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
