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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M878
People
Johann Georg Wille, German (Königsberg in Bayern, Germany 1715 - 1808 Paris, France)
After Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1635 - 1681 Leiden, Netherlands)
Title
The Distracted Observer
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Observateur Distrait
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1766
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260186

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 22.8 × 20.1 cm (9 × 7 15/16 in.)
Plate: 29 × 22.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 38.1 × 27.8 cm (15 × 10 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mary Hemenway, by descent; to her heirs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1918

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii
Standard Reference Number
Le Bl. 65

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the heirs of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
Accession Year
1918
Object Number
M878
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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