Preaching of St. James, 1740

  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712-1774

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (18.4 × 26.7 cm) Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8 inches (27.9 × 35.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S364.10

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed and dated, in plate, upper right edge of image: Dietricy f. 1740

Stamped, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

Inscribed, in ink, lower left margin: 10 | No. 364. One of (17) recent impressions from Dietricy's plates.

December 1885, Kissam sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, Preaching of St. James, 1740, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S364.10.