Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (Weimar 1712-1774 Dresden)

The Flight into Egypt (recto); The Supper at Emmaus (verso)

Details

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (Weimar 1712-1774 Dresden)
The Flight into Egypt (recto); The Supper at Emmaus (verso)
signed 'CWE Dietrich Fe. 1732.'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines (recto); graphite (verso)
7 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (19.2 x 15.2 cm.)

Provenance

Valerius Röver (1686-1739) (L. 2984a-c), with his inscription 'C:W:E. Diericiz ...' (verso).
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) (L. 3002-3004); Philippe van der Schley, Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, Kunstboek X, part of lot 60 ('De Vlugt naar Egipten; met de Pen en Roet, door C.W.E. Dietrichi [sic], en een Studieblad, door Holbein'; 8.10 guilders to Bernard).
Herman de Kat (1784-1865); Lamme, Rotterdam, 4-8 March 1867, lot 8 ('La fuite en Egypte. Au bistre'; 1.25 guilders to de Clercq).
Henri Duval; Frederik Muller et Cie, Amsterdam, 22-23 June 1910, lot 90.
A. Mos; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 7-8 November 1928, lot number unknown; where purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena for 48.30 (Inventory book: '539. t. Dietrich vlucht n. Egypte').

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Lot Essay

This drawing is a conscious response to Rembrandt's treatments of the theme of The Flight into Egypt in various media, but particularly his etching The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Brook of 1654 (Bartsch 55; New Hollstein 277).

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