The Expulsion of Hagar, 1767

  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712-1774

Oil on copper

  • Unframed: 14 × 19 7/8 inches (35.6 × 50.5 cm)
  • 21 1/2 × 27 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (54.6 × 69.5 × 9.5 cm)

Gift of James E. Scripps

89.56

Inscribed: 1767

collection of James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1889-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Catalogue of the Scripps Collection of Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1889, no. 83 [as C.W.E Dietrich]. "The Scripps Old Masters," The Collector 2, no. 13 (May 1, 1891): pp. 149-152, p. 150 [as by Christian William Ernest Dietrich (Dietricy)]. Scripps, James E. Handbook of the Paintings Ancient and Modern, Belonging to the Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1895, pp. 36-37, no. 71 [as by Christian William Ernest Dietrich, or Dietricy]. Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1910, p. 47, no. 71 [as Christian William Ernest Dietrich, or Dietricy]. Burroughs, C. Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1920, p. 67, no. 67.

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, The Expulsion of Hagar, 1767, oil on copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James E. Scripps, 89.56.