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The Little Doctor


Le Petit Physcien
Johann Georg Wille (French, 1715–1808)
After: Caspar Netscher (Dutch, born in Germany, 1639–1684)
French
1761

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 24.8 × 18.3 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP5153
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné LeBlanc 66, iii
Marks Recto, stamped in red, the collector's mark of Henry Foster Sewall (Lugt 1309)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Peint par Gaspard Netscher.
Lower right, in plate: Gravé par J. G. Wille, Graveur du Roi 1761.
Lower center, divided by escutcheon, in plate: Le Petit | Physicien. / a Monsieur | Damery. / Chevalier de l'Ordre | Royal Milit[ai]re de St. Louis. / D'après le Tableau original de même / Grandeur qui est dans son Cabinet. | Par sone très humble Serviteur Wille.
Lower center, in plate: à Paris chez l'auteur Quay des Augustins.
ProvenanceBy 1896, Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)

NOTE:
Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.