Lot number 3515B - Auction 146
DER BERGWEG

CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST DIETRICH ('Dietricy') 1712 Weimar 1774 Dresden THE MOUNTAIN PATH Oil on canvas on panel. 33.5 x 43.5 cm (F. 43 x 52 cm). Part. slight old rest., min. old retouching. Frame. Identical to the painting 'Der Bergweg' in the Dresden State Art Collections, which was thought to have been lost since 1945 and returned to the Dresden gallery only in 1974. Literature: Anke Fröhlich-Schauseil: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich's painting 'Der Bergweg' in the Old Master Picture Gallery, in: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Birgit Dalbajewa, Andreas Dehmer, Konstanze Krüger, Uta Neidhardt and Christoph Schölzel (eds.): Die Macht der Malkunst. Essays from the workshop and science in honour of Marlies Giebe, Dresden 2020, pp. 52-53. Provenance: North German private collection.