Live auction - Lot 130
[German]
An old woman spinning and an old woman reading.
Paris, Johann Georg Wille, 18th c
Hammer price: €
90
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
2 engravings, c. 39,3 x 28,2 cm, laid paper, signed "Peint par Gerard Douw. / Gravée par J. G. Wille", address "A Paris chez l'Auteur, quay des Augustins, N.° 35.", French title (trimmed inside platemark, few wormholes).
Laid down on paper. Good impressions.
Refined engravings after genre paintings by Gerard Dou (1613-1675). The German-born Johann Georg Wille (1715-1808) was mostly active in France.