Arcadisch landschap met badende nimfen
Medium
etching
Dimensions
94; 141
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 94 mm x breedte 141 mm
Art Historical Context
**Arcadisch landschap met badende nim (Arcadian Landscape with Bathing Nymphs)**, etched by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich 1744, invites viewers into a dreamy, mythical realm. Dietrich (1712–1774), a prolific German Rococo artist and court painter in Dresden, masterfully captured this idyllic scene on a petite plate measuring 94 mm high by 141 mm wide. The intimate scale of the etching—perfect for collectors' albums—evokes the pastoral fantasies of Arcadia, a legendary utopia of harmony between nature and humanity, populated here by graceful bathing nymphs. Rococo's playful elegance shines ...
About the Artist
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich · 1712–1774
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774) was a German painter and etcher of considerable versatility, celebrated in his own time for a chameleonic ability to work convincingly in the manner of the great Dutch and Flemish masters of the preceding century. Born in Weimar, he received early training from his father and later studied under Alexander Thiele in Dresden, the city with which his caree...