The Wandering Musicians

Details

After Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
The Wandering Musicians
oil on panel
14¾ x 12½ in. (37.4 x 31.7 cm.)

Provenance

Marcus E Collins, Christie's, London, 21 July 1939, lot 42, as 'C.W.E. Dietricy' (7½ gns to Loewendal).

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Lot Essay

After Dietrich's picture in the National Gallery, London. Signed and dated 1745, this painting is a pastiche of the style of Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade. Dietrich made an etching of the composition and painted a pendant in 1761, showing a woman selling cakes.

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