Landschap met dorp en langslopend pad
Medium
etching
Dimensions
167; 104
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
**Landschap met dorp langslopend pad (Landscape with Village and Meandering Path)** *Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich,1745, etching, 104 × 167 mm* Created in 1745 by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, a German Rococo artist and etcher active in Dresden, this intimate etching captures a serene rural scene: a quaint village nestled amid rolling landscapes, bisected by a winding path that draws the viewer's eye into the distance. Dietrich (1712–1774), a court painter influenced by 17th-century Dutch masters like Rembrandt and Aden van Ostade, excelled in evocative landscapes that blend meticulo...
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...