The Satyr and the Peasant

The Satyr and the Peasant by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Medium

Etching; second state of four.

Dimensions

sheet: 6 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (15.6 x 18.4 cm) plate: 5 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (14 x 17 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.754

Tags

ChildrenMenWomenSatyrs

About the Artist

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich · 17121774

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...

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