Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, known as Dietricy
(Weimar 1712–1774 Dresden)
Portrait of an Oriental man,
oil on canvas, 53.5 x 44.5 cm, in a gilded Empire frame
Provenance:
Dorotheum auction, Vienna, 19.10.1993, lot 176;
German private collection.
The Saxon court painter, Dietricy was referred to by Johann Joachim Winckelmann as the “Raphael of landscape painting”. This characterful head exhibits the influence of the Rembrantesque Oriental heads by the Tiepolo family, which Dietricy got to know in Dresden in 1742. The Dresdener Galerie owned 35 portrait heads of this kind by Dietricy. On the artist, see P. Schniewind-Michel, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, genannt Dietricy, Munich 2012.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at
17.04.2013 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 5,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, known as Dietricy
(Weimar 1712–1774 Dresden)
Portrait of an Oriental man,
oil on canvas, 53.5 x 44.5 cm, in a gilded Empire frame
Provenance:
Dorotheum auction, Vienna, 19.10.1993, lot 176;
German private collection.
The Saxon court painter, Dietricy was referred to by Johann Joachim Winckelmann as the “Raphael of landscape painting”. This characterful head exhibits the influence of the Rembrantesque Oriental heads by the Tiepolo family, which Dietricy got to know in Dresden in 1742. The Dresdener Galerie owned 35 portrait heads of this kind by Dietricy. On the artist, see P. Schniewind-Michel, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, genannt Dietricy, Munich 2012.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 17.04.2013 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 06.04. - 17.04.2013 |
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