Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774)

• Was a German painter and art administrator.
• Dietrich was born at Weimar.
• He was brought up early to the profession of art by his father Johann Georg.
• Dietrich was sent to Dresden to perfect himself under the care of Johann Alexander Thiele.
• Dietrich created multiple engravings, a collection of which are at the British Museum and are inspired by Ostade and Rembrandt.
• In 1741 he was appointed court painter to Augustus III at Dresden.
• In 1746, he was appointed inspector of galleries.
• He died at Dresden, after he had successively filled the important appointments of director of the school of painting at the Meissen porcelain factory and professor of the Dresden Academy of Art.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Anton Graff, Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1767.
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