Presentation in the Temple, between 1756 and 1821

  • Adam von Bartsch, Austrian, 1756-1821
  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712-1774

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.6 × 35.2 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 14 5/8 inches (29.8 × 37.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S99

Signed, in plate below image, lower right: A. Bartsch fecit aqua forti

Inscribed, in plate below image, lower left: C. W. F. Dietrich inv. Inscribed, lower center: PRESENTATION AU TEMPLE. | Le Dessin original se trouve dans la Collection de Son A. R. | le Duc de Saxe-Teschen. Inscribed, lower right: A Vienne chez F. X. Stockl.

September 1887, C. J. Meyer (Carlsbad, Germany). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Adam von Bartsch; after Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, Presentation in the Temple, between 1756 and 1821, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S99.