A Branch of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, an Orange-Tip Butterfly, and a Caterpillar

1725-1783

Barbara Dietzsch

Artist, German, 1706 - 1783

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache over graphite on prepared paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.7 x 20.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.53.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's London, 23 January 2008, no. 223); (via David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1580-1900, NGA, 2010-2011.

2022

  • Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, 2022-2023.

Wikidata ID

Q64537124


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