Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 501 x 367 mm. (19 3/4 x 14 7/16 in.)
Plate: 496 x 361 mm. (19 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
Image: 435 x 335 mm. (17 1/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3701
Band of musicians.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Peint par Dietrich Peintre de la Cour / Electoral de Saxe"; LWRC: "Musiciens Ambulans / Dedie a Son Altesse Serenissime Electorale..."; BR: "Grave en 1764 par J.G. Wille d'apres le tableau / Original de meme Grandeur qui lui appartient." Verso: BL: Claghorn stamp; LWRC: Garrett stamp.
Markings: Claghorn and Garrett collectors' stamps.
Artist
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
1711–1773
German, 1712-1774
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