Harvard Art Museums > G4118: Frederick II, King of Prussia Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Frederick II, King of Prussia (Johann Georg Wille)(After Antoine Pesne) , G4118,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/277512. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G4118 People Johann Georg Wille, German (Königsberg in Bayern, Germany 1715 - 1808 Paris, France) After Antoine Pesne, French (1683 - 1757) Title Frederick II, King of Prussia Other Titles Original Language Title: Frédéric II, Roi de Prusse Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1757 Places Creation Place: Europe, Germany Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/277512 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving on cream antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions Image: 37.7 × 27.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.) Plate: 40 × 28.6 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.) Sheet: 51.2 × 38.6 cm (20 3/16 × 15 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: on plate: FRÉDERIC • II • ROI DE PRUSSE / ELECTEUR DE BRANDEBOURG inscription: on plate, l.l.: PESNE F inscription: on plate, l.r.: WILLE S inscription: in graphite, l.r.: ... très rare.... [very faint; the rest is indecipherable] inscription: in graphite, upper right corner: [unreadable; cut off by upper edge of sheet] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii Standard Reference Number Le Blanc 151 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G4118 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Paul Corneilson, David Schulenberg, and Dean Christoph Wolff, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 1714-1788: exhibitions and essays celebrating the 300th anniversary of the composer's birth, Harvard Library Bulletin (Boston, MA, 2014), 24, 3, p.12 and repr. p. 13 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
