Arcadisch landschap met waterval
Medium
etching
Dimensions
89; 146
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
**Arcadisch landschap met waterval (Arcadian Landscape with Water)** *Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1744, etching, 89 × 146 mm* Step into the idyllic world of Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich's *Arcadisch landschap waterval*, a delicate etching from 1744 Dietrich, a prolific German Rococo artist (1712–1774), drew inspiration from 17th-century Dutch masters like, blending their meticulous detail with the elegant, fanciful spirit of the Rococo era. This small-scale print captures an Arcadian scene—a classical ideal of pastoral harmony featuring a cascading waterfall amid lush, romantic la...
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...