Artist
Johann Georg Wille 1715 – 1808
About the work
Quarries on Montmartre depicts the situation outside the gates of Paris that confronted visitors in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Gypsum was quarried in long tunnels and fired in lime kilns. Pre-industrial production sites, the work of people in rural areas and their living conditions in natural surroundings that were anything but idyllic ranked among Wille’s favourite motifs in a pictorial world that was inspired by Dutch genre paintings.
Year
1762
Material / Technique
Pen in black, brush in brown, mounted on card, black, gold and green border
Dimensions of the object
24 x 33,3 cm
Signature
bez., sign. und dat. o. l.: des. dans les Carrieres de Montmartre par J. G. Wille 1762.
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
Z 885
Access
1949 acquired from a private owner (formerly Ludwig Blucke Collection, Chemnitz)
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/Frank Krüger
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
Year
1762
Material / Technique
Pen in black, brush in brown, mounted on card, black, gold and green border
Dimensions of the object
24 x 33,3 cm
Signature
bez., sign. und dat. o. l.: des. dans les Carrieres de Montmartre par J. G. Wille 1762.
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz
Inventory no.
Z 885
Access
1949 acquired from a private owner (formerly Ludwig Blucke Collection, Chemnitz)
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Photo
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz/Frank Krüger
© gemeinfrei
Status
Not on display
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