Medium
etching
Dimensions
h 362mm × w 296mm
Collection
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Materials
paper
Object Type
Subject Matter
the prodigal son, suffering want, asks a farmer for work; the prodigal son tends the swine and eats from their trough; farm (building)
Acquisition Method
purchase
Acquired
1969
Notes
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2760
Collection Type
prints
He received his first training from his father, Johann Georg Dietrich (1684–1752), a court painter at Weimar, and was sent to Dresden at the age of 13 to study under the landscape painter Johann Alexander Thiele (1685–1752). Dietrich was an eclectic painter, mastering the styles of all the 17th- and 18th-century schools, although his preference was for Dutch Italianate painters and the Dutch Little Masters. Comment on works: Landscapes, Religious; Interiors; Few Portraits.
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