The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, gen. Dietricy (Weimar 1712 - Dresden 1774)
Lot-No. 6
Oil/wood, 42 x 34 cm, on the reverse old inventory label, min. rest. - History, figure a. landscape painter as well as etcher, one of the most versatile a. appreciated painters of his time, son of the Weimar court painter Johann Georg D., already at the age of twelve he became pupil of A. Thiele in Dresden, because of his extraordinary talent he enjoyed the patronage of king August the Strong a. his minister Brühl, in 1741 he became painter to the court in Dresden, a position he kept notwithstanding offers from Copenhagen a. Berlin, travelled to Holland a. Italy, in 1764 he became professor in Dresden a. head of the drawing school of the Meißen porcelain manufacture.
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, gen. Dietricy: The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, gen. Dietricy (Weimar 1712 - Dresden 1774)
The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Lot-No. 6
Oil/wood, 42 x 34 cm, on the reverse old inventory label, min. rest. - History, figure a. landscape painter as well as etcher, one of the most versatile a. appreciated painters of his time, son of the Weimar court painter Johann Georg D., already at the age of twelve he became pupil of A. Thiele in Dresden, because of his extraordinary talent he enjoyed the patronage of king August the Strong a. his minister Brühl, in 1741 he became painter to the court in Dresden, a position he kept notwithstanding offers from Copenhagen a. Berlin, travelled to Holland a. Italy, in 1764 he became professor in Dresden a. head of the drawing school of the Meißen porcelain manufacture.