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Ruins of the Château of Becoiseau, near Mortcerf (seine-et-Marne)

Johann Georg Wille  (German (active France), Köningsberg 1715–1808 Paris)

Date:
1784
Medium:
Brown chalk and brush and-brown wash. Framing lines in pen and brown ink.
Dimensions:
9 15/16 x 13 7/16 in. (25.3 x 34.1 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Howard J. Sachs and Peter G. Sachs, in memory of Miss Edith L. Sachs, 1978
Accession Number:
1978.516.2

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: In pen and brown ink at upper left in the artist's hand: "Ruines du chateau de Becoiseau près de Mortcerf en Brie dessinés par J.G. Wille 1784".

    Marking: Stamped blind on mount, unidentified collector's mark: "ARD" (Lugt 172). According to Lugt, the stamp belonged to a mounter of drawings who lived in France during the eighteenth century.

  • Provenance

    ARD (French, 18th century), (see Lugt 172 for mark of this unidentified collector).; Miss Edith L. Sachs ; Donor: Mrs. Howard J. Sachs Donor: Peter G. Sachs

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bean and Turcic 1986.336

  • References

    Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turcic 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1986, cat. no. 336, p. 300, ill.



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