House by a River, 1744

  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712-1774

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (8.9 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (27.3 × 35.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S364.6

Signed and dated, in plate, upper right: Dietrichy f. 1744

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

Inscribed, in ink, lower left margin: 6. Inscribed, along lower edge: No 364. One of (17) recent-impressions from Dietricy's plate.

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, House by a River, 1744, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S364.6.