Print Description
Maternal Delight. Original antique master print showing a young mother and her child.
Made by J.G. Wille after P.A. Wille.
Medium: Etching / engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 38.5 x 52 cm (15.16 x 20.47 inch). Image size: 31 x 42 cm. (12.2 x 16.54 inch).
Condition: good, given age. A few minor crinkles. Foxing but mainly in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
LES DELICES MATERNELLES-MOTHER-CHILD | DPO-A2-003-41
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Paris 1781.
Biography engraver: Jean Georges Wille (1715-1808), French/German printmaker, publisher and printer.
Biography artist: Pierre Alexandre Wille (1748-1837), French painter and draughtsman. Son of the German Jean Georges Wille.
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