Johann Georg Wille

Portrait of King Frederic II of Prussia

Maker

Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808), designer
After Antoine Pesne (French, 1683-1757), associated artist/maker

Title

Portrait of King Frederic II of Prussia

Year

mid 1700s-early 1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

engraving

Supports

Dimensions

24.1 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil, LR:dust Zeune 748 18 Verso:in pencil, LL:2130, in LR:Le Blanc 152 II/ apell 49 II ; in brown ink, LR:16 :In Plate--In LL:Peint par Pesne ; in LR:gravé par Will. ; titled, LC:FREDERIC H. ROY DE PRUSSE/ Electeur de Brandebourg, né/ à Berlin le 24, Janvier 1712. ; along bottom center:A Paris chez Will Quay des Augustins entre les rues Gille-coeur et Pavée chez M Emery

Marks: RISD Museum stamp in brown ink on verso -Partial Watermark:decorative ring

Identification

State

ii/ii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith

Object Number

45.113.39

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808), designer
After Antoine Pesne (French, 1683-1757), associated artist/maker
Portrait of King Frederic II of Prussia, mid 1700s-early 1800s
engraving
24.1 x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 x 7 inches) (plate)
Gift of Alice G. Taft, Marianna Taft, Hope Smith and Brockholst M. Smith 45.113.39

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