Four Men and a Dog | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.181
People: Johann Albrecht Dietzsch, German (1720 - 1782)
Title: Four Men and a Dog
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/312515

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, gray wash and white gouache on cream paper

Dimensions

12.8 x 25.5 cm (5 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r., white: J A D
inscription: on mount, graphite: from the Cabinet of the Baron Von Rumohr/ see the catalogue by Dr. Frenzel no 3985 / Joh. Albr. Dietsch. / (number 3985)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Baron von Rumohr.
John Witt Randall.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year: 1898
Object Number: 1898.181
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, note 27, p. 168

Verification Level

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