J. WILLE (*1715) after CHÉRON (*1648), Madeleine... Lot 70

J. WILLE (*1715) after CHÉRON (*1648), Madeleine de Scudéry, I. Impression, around 1765, Copper engr Johann Georg Wille (1715 Königsberg, Giessen - 1808 Paris) after Elisabeth Chéron (1648 Paris - 1711 ibid.): Portrait of the French writer Madeleine de Scudéry (1607 Le Havre - 1701 Paris), bust in an oval on a plinth with a three-quarter portrait looking towards the viewer, I impression, c. 1765, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper, mounted on Paper Inscription: Signed in the printing plate below the sitter, inscribed below with the sitter's name "Magd. Ne De Scuderi. Morte à Paris le 2 Juin 1701. Agée de 95 ans.", below the publisher's inscription: "A Paris chez Odieuvre M.a d Estampes rue d'Anjoula dern. P. Cochere a gauche entrant par la rue Dauphine CPR". Date: c. 1765 Keywords: 18th century, Baroque, Portraits, France, Size: Paper: 15,9 cm x 11,1 cm (6,3 x 4,4 in), Plate: 15,0 cm x 10,9 cm (5,9 x 4,3 in), Depiction: 14,5 cm x 10,0 cm (5,7 x 3,9 in)