Preview
Creation Date
1740
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
10.7 x 15, 15 x 18.5 (in frame)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.21
Provenance
Koehler Edition, not original. Originally Published in "Deutsches Maler Journal"
Creator Biography
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, born in Weimar, Germany, 1712-1774.
Description
Village scene of a mountebank standing up on a stool and speaking enthusiastically to a crowd of villagers, pointing to a series of drawings hung up on a post. The crowd looks on with varying levels of interest and skepticism.