Battle of the Sea Gods, ca. 1763

  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712-1774

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 3 1/4 × 5 7/8 inches (8.3 × 14.9 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S364.7

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, in plate, lower right: Dietricj (sic)

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

Inscribed, in ink, lower left margin: 7 Inscribed, along lower edge: 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, Battle of the Sea Gods, ca. 1763, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S364.7.