The Stoning of Saint Stephen
1754
Artist, German, 1718 - 1785

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with watercolor over traces of graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 52.2 x 27.6 cm (20 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2007.111.64
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna and Vaduz (Lugt 4398). Richard Tüngel [1893-1970], Ahrensburg. Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased by NGA, 2007.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
Zeichnungen alter Meister aus deutschem Privatbesitz. Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1965 - 1966: 24 (fig. 49), no. 95.
2010
German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 19, 34,102-103, no. 25 (entry by Peter Prange).
2023
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Bibliography
1966
Geissler, Heinrich. "Rezension zu Hamburg 1965". Kunstchronik, vol. 48 (1966): 162.
1983
Paula, Georg. Johann Georg Dieffenbrunner. Leben und Werk. Munich, 1983: 253-254.
Inscriptions
signed at bottom right in brown ink: GDieffenbrunner; inscribed on mount at bottom center in graphite: Georg Dieffenbrunner
Watermarks
not deciphered
Wikidata ID
Q64581966