Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
(1712–1774) tysk professor
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (Germany, 1712–1774) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich was born in Weimar and died in Dresden. Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich studied under Johann Alexander Thiele. The students included Giovanni Battista Casanova and Johann Christian Klengel.
One of the best-known works is ‘Court Dance’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 109 works by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich with free images. The dated works span the years 1617–1775. Works by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich are held by several collections, among them Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Eremitaget, Gemäldegalerie, and Prints in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Daniel Tilas, Georg Friedrich Schmidt, Johan Stålbom, Stefano Torelli, and Lambert Krahe.