The Shepherd, 1763

  • Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German, 1712-1774

Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 3 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (8.9 × 14.9 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.6 × 35.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S364.5

Signed and dated, in plate, upper left edge: Dietricj (sic) 1763 fecit.

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

Inscribed, in ink, lower left margin: 5. Inscribed, lower edge: No 364. One of (17) impressions from Dietricy's plates Inscribed, in pencil, bottom right: S363 ?

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, The Shepherd, 1763, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S364.5.