Creator Biography
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, born in Weimar, Germany, 1712-1774.
Preview
Creation Date
1740
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
10.7 x 15, 15 x 18.5 (in frame)
Credit Line
Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024
Accession Number
2015.21
Provenance
Koehler Edition, not original. Originally Published in "Deutsches Maler Journal"
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.