French engravers and draughtsmen of the XVIIIth century (1902)
Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, 1840-1904 · London : G. Bell and sons · leaf 163
1784. His Clfopatre, after Netscher, closely follows thestyle of Wille in the satin of the gown (Corres. litt., t. i., p. 246). He exhibitedonly in 1785, 1791 and 1798. The grand prix de gravure en taille-douce wasfounded by him. See his letter to Rosaspina (N. A., 1877, p. 365, and Not. hist.,t.… … the most important place in his work. In 1755, as we have seen, Willehe executed one of his best, that of Jean-Baptiste Masse, after and hisLouis Tocque, and he engraved later—for his reception by theAcademy—that of Marigny, after the same painter.^ Shortly after this date, Wille decided to devote…
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