Johann Georg Wille and Picquet
The Two Blind Beggars (frontispiece for Recueil de Paysages…)
1800
Scroll
- Artist: Johann Georg Wille
- Artist: Picquet
The Two Blind Beggars (frontispiece for Recueil de Paysages…)
1800
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 256 x 205 mm. (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Plate: 195 x 153 mm. (7 11/16 x 6 in.)
Image: 164 x 137 mm. (6 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Frontispiece for Recueil de Paysages et autres Figures, Dessinées et Artistement Gravées, Par Jean Georges Wille, de plusieurs Académies. Conseiller de la ci-devant Académie de Peinture de Paris, actuellement Doyen des Graveurs de l'Europe (Paris, chez Jean, after 1808)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.896
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper center, in plate "Recueil / De Paysages [...]"; below image, lower left, in plate "Wille Delt. et Sculpt."; below image, lower center, in plate "A Paris chez Jean, Md. d'Estampes [...]"; below image, lower right, in plate "Picquet Jeune, Scripsit."; below image, lower left, in graphite "LB15"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1578 / 1"; below image, lower right, in graphite "2nd state"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
