Johann’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Sapper of the Swiss Guards
Johann Georg Wille German, 1715-1808

A Farm Cottage
Johann Georg Wille German, 1715-1808

Portrait of Elizabeth de Gouy
Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

La Liseuse (A Woman Reading)
Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808) after Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Massé
Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808) after Jean Louis Tocqué (French, 1696-1772)

Death of Mark Antony
Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808) after Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708-1787)

Port near Naples
Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734-1816) possibly after Pierre Joseph Le Mettais (French, 1726-1759) printed by Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808)

Gulf near Naples
Adrian Zingg (Swiss, 1734-1816) possibly after Pierre Joseph Le Mettais (French, 1726-1759) printed by Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808)

Bacchic Revels
Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704–1761)

Nymphs and Satyrs Drinking
Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704–1761)

Wheellock Rifle of Emperor Leopold I
Stock: Johann Georg Maucher German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, active 1650-1700 Lock and barrel: Michael Has

Powder Flask
Johann Georg Maucher (workshop) German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, active 1650-1700

Presentation of the Child Jesus to Mary and Joseph
Johann Georg Schwanthaler (Austrian, active 1773–1790)

Meeting of the Virgin with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim
Johann Georg Schwanthaler (Austrian, active 1773–1790)

Helen Wills
Edward Steichen American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

The Annunciation
Johann Koerbecke (German, about 1420–1490)

King Vulture
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Saint George and the Dragon
Bernat Martorell (Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452)

Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun
Johann Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)