1898.180: Fisherman at the Edge of a Country Lake

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.180

People

attributed to Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German (1712 - 1774)

Title

Fisherman at the Edge of a Country Lake

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1742

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/312459

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on heavy laid paper

Dimensions

8.4 x 13.6 cm (3 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: u.r., graphite: Ditricy Fecit 1803/1742
• inscription: on blue paper, l.r., black ink: eine Original Zeichnung von KO: Hofmahler Dietriech; Zum Geschenk [ ] von Kos Hofmahler Heynemann Meissen 1785; on mount, translation of German, graphite: Lindner Cabinet no 176 1742 Chr with Ernst Dietrich 1712-1774/ An Original drawing by Dietrich, the court-painter (of the King of Saxony)/ as a present and keepsake from the court-painter Heynemann (to/ the court painter Graff) Meissen 1785; l.c., graphite: Lindner --- illegible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lindner collection, Leipzig; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Accession Year

1898

Object Number

1898.180

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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