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Johann Georg Wille and Pierre-Alexandre Wille

The Joys of Motherhood

1700-1799

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The Joys of Motherhood

Johann Georg Wille and Pierre-Alexandre Wille

The Joys of Motherhood

The Joys of Motherhood

1700-1799

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 497 x 385 mm. (19 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.) Plate: 445 x 348 mm. (17 1/2 x 13 11/16 in.) Image: 372 x 319 mm. (14 5/8 x 12 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.986
Mother with her baby.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Gravé par J.G. Wille, Graveur du Roi, de S.M. Impr. et Roy: et du Roi de Danemark"; LWRC: "Les Délices Maternelles/ Dédié à Son Altesse...etc."; BR: "d'après le Tableau de Son fils P.A. Wille Peintre du Roi"; BRC: (graphite in diamond) "1594". Verso: BR: Claghorn stamp; BL: Garrett stamp.

Markings: Claghorn and Garrett collectors' stamps.

Artist

Johann Georg Wille

1714–1807

German, 1715-1808
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Artist

Pierre-Alexandre Wille

1747–1820

French, 1748-1821
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PATERNAL ADMONITION
Johann Georg Wille and Gerard Terborch II
Fatherly Advice
1764
SECOND VIEW OF A CASTLE IN RUINS NEAR CHEVREUSE
Heinrich Guttenberg, Carl Wilhelm Weisbrod, and others
Second View of a Castle in Ruins near Chevreuse
1768–1805
MOTHERHOOD
Marguerite Gérard
Motherhood
1794–1799
THE FISHERWOMAN
Christian Gottlieb Geyser and Johann Georg Wille
Die fischerinn
1761–1802
MOTHERHOOD
Edouard Vuillard
Motherhood
1895
THE FISHERMAN
Christian Gottlieb Geyser and Johann Georg Wille
Der fischer
1761–1802
Motherhood
Albert Besnard
Motherhood
1879–1889
FONTAINE PRÈS DE MEULAN
Franz Edmund Weirotter and Johann Georg Wille
Fontaine près de Meulan
1754–1764
THE ADOPTION. - WELL, REALLY! ROBERT, MY FRIEND, SO YOU ARE BECOMING A FAMILY MAN. YOU'RE CONSIDERING ADOPTION?... YOU WILL SOON CROWN THE MAIDENS AT THE VILLAGE FAIR... (ROBERT)- YES, I ADOPTED THIS CHILD. I WANT TO THRIVE IN THE JOYS OF FAMILY LIFE... (WORMSPIRE) - YOU WANT TO MARRY YOUR WARD... - YES, I WANT HER TO GET MARRIED. YES, GET HER MARRIED TO A RICH MAN, PREPARE FOR MY RETIREMENT. - PREPARE FOR YOUR RETIREMENT... GET ENOUGH MONEY
Honoré Daumier
The Adoption. - Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You're considering adoption?... You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair... (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life... (Wormspire) - You want to marry your ward... - Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. - Prepare for your retirement... get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize... I know, I know!
1840
RUINES DE L'ABBAYE DE SAINT MAUR
Franz Edmund Weirotter and Johann Georg Wille
Ruines de l'abbaye de saint maur
1754–1764
COUNTRY JOYS
Daniel Lerpinière, Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, and others
Country Joys
1779