Image

Johann Georg Wille

The Aunt of Gerard Dou

Description

Maker

Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808), designer
After Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675), associated artist/maker

Title

The Aunt of Gerard Dou

Year

1780

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching, engraving

Supports

Dimensions

24.4 x 17.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil multiple inscriptions, LL:BBOSCl Ph Ba ; in LR:ExR/Le Blanc 60 III/ apell 14 II of IVIn Plate--In UL:24te[te superscribed] Pl. 1780 ; in LL:G. Dow(sic) pinx. ; in LR:J. G. Wi

Marks: RISD Museum stamp in brown ink on verso

Identification

State

iii/iv

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1196

Type

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Tombstone

Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808), designer
After Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675), associated artist/maker
The Aunt of Gerard Dou, 1780
etching; engraving
24.4 x 17.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches) (plate)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1196

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