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Johann Georg Wille

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Johann Georg Wille; portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1763)

Johann Georg Wille, or Jean Georges Wille (5 November 1715, der Obermühle am Dünsberg, District of Giessen – 5 April 1808, Paris) was a notable German engraver active in Germany and France.[1]

His son was the artist Pierre-Alexandre Wille (1748-1837). The engraver Juste Chevillet was one of his pupils.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ro Gallery: Brief Biography
  2. ^ Huber, Michel; Rost, Carl Christian Heinrich; Martini, C. J. (1797), Manuel des curieux et des amateurs de l'art, contenant une notice abrégée des principaux graveurs, et un catalogue raisonné de leurs meilleurs ouvrages; depuis le commencement de la gravure jusques à nos jours: les artistes rangés par ordre chronologique, et divisés par école: École allemande, Orell, Gessner, Fuesslin et comp., retrieved 2015-12-10