DrawingsGerman18th century

Fisherman at the Edge of a Country Lake

1742

Artists

Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on heavy laid paper

Culture

German

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

8.4 x 13.6 cm (3 5/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Lindner collection, Leipzig; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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