Johann Georg Wille, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, and others
The Virgin Resting
1775
Scroll
- Artist: Johann Georg Wille
- Artist: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
- Publisher: Johann Georg Wille
The Virgin Resting
1775
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 312 x 262 mm. (12 5/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Plate: 296 x 236 mm. (11 5/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Image: 257 x 227 mm. (10 1/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.803
Proof before letters. For additional impressions, see 1984.81.801 and 1984.81.802.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper center, in plate in reverse "Will"; below image, lower left, in graphite " 2 1st State"; below image, lower right, in graphite "JG Wille Sculp"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "1569"; below image, lower right, in graphite "[indecipherable] proof"; below image, lower right, in graphite "14 / 22" Verso: lower center in graphite "1st state"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
Artist
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
1711–1773
German, 1712-1774
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