J.DIETZSCH (1710-1769), Rural landscape, around 1750
Johann Christoph Dietzsch (1710 Nürnberg - 1769 ibid.), Landscape with farmstead, c. 1750, Indian ink
Technique: Indian ink on Paper
Watermark: undeutlich
Inscription: Lower right signed: "J. C. Dietzsch.".
Date: c. 1750
Description: With flower and fruit pieces, kitchen still lifes, but above all with small, poetically presented landscapes, Dietzsch, the second eldest and most successful son of a large family of artists, supplied a steadily growing art market that was not limited to Germany alone but also extended to England and the Netherlands. Especially bourgeois and aristocratic collectors with private cabinets took a liking to the artist's delicately executed, pictorial drawings and prints. Dietzsch's influences were complex and included Dutch painting as well as the landscapes of the painters Willem van Bemmel and Johann Franz Ermels, who had worked in Nuremberg a generation earlier, and the current emerging interest in travel sketches and picturesque views. A fine example of these "Plaisant Prospekte", as Dietzsch called a series of landscapes created in 1737, is the present ink drawing: a winding building lying by the river, backed by tall trees. Moved slightly out of the centre of the page to avoid a static impression, the house lies on the other side of a path along the river. The water and path are also moving, curving and lively, linking the detailed and darker foreground with the bright, softly washed distance under the high sky. Dietzsch's extensive knowledge of composition and colour rules is palpable. Especially in Nuremberg, where Sandrart founded the first German academy in 1662 and published the "Teutsche Akademie" (German Academy) in 1675, the first art theory in the German language, the artistic canon of rules formed an unbreakable basis for every painter and draughtsman. Yet Dietzsch escapes the danger of pedantry. He masters his graphic grammar so confidently that he combines the clear structure, the staggering of the pictorial spaces, the brightening of the background and the well-placed small group of staffage to the right of the centre to create an entirely unacademic impression that has a natural grace. Dietzsch's observation of nature and his tree strokes were already praised by contemporaries. Thanks to Dietzsch's distinct feeling for the mood of the scene, this meticulousness in detail does not lead to the isolation of details. In addition, his stroke is always animated, remains light even in darker areas and sometimes - for example, in the area of the figures with the horse - only hints at motifs without making them fully recognisable. It is the talent for the atmospheric, so skilfully presented here, which has earned his landscapes great admiration.
Keywords: Landscape, River, Homestead, 18th century, Classicism, Landscapes, Germany,
Size: 21.5 cm x 29.3 cm (8.5 x 11.5 in)
Condition: Good condition. Lightly restored, slightly stained.
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Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.3 cm
Condition Report: Good condition. Lightly restored, slightly stained.
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Johann Christoph Dietzsch (1710 Nürnberg - 1769 ibid.), Landscape with farmstead, c. 1750, Indian ink
Technique: Indian ink on Paper
Watermark: undeutlich
Inscription: Lower right signed: "J. C. Dietzsch.".
Date: c. 1750
Description: With flower and fruit pieces, kitchen still lifes, but above all with small, poetically presented landscapes, Dietzsch, the second eldest and most successful son of a large family of artists, supplied a steadily growing art market that was not limited to Germany alone but also extended to England and the Netherlands. Especially bourgeois and aristocratic collectors with private cabinets took a liking to the artist's delicately executed, pictorial drawings and prints. Dietzsch's influences were complex and included Dutch painting as well as the landscapes of the painters Willem van Bemmel and Johann Franz Ermels, who had worked in Nuremberg a generation earlier, and the current emerging interest in travel sketches and picturesque views. A fine example of these "Plaisant Prospekte", as Dietzsch called a series of landscapes created in 1737, is the present ink drawing: a winding building lying by the river, backed by tall trees. Moved slightly out of the centre of the page to avoid a static impression, the house lies on the other side of a path along the river. The water and path are also moving, curving and lively, linking the detailed and darker foreground with the bright, softly washed distance under the high sky. Dietzsch's extensive knowledge of composition and colour rules is palpable. Especially in Nuremberg, where Sandrart founded the first German academy in 1662 and published the "Teutsche Akademie" (German Academy) in 1675, the first art theory in the German language, the artistic canon of rules formed an unbreakable basis for every painter and draughtsman. Yet Dietzsch escapes the danger of pedantry. He masters his graphic grammar so confidently that he combines the clear structure, the staggering of the pictorial spaces, the brightening of the background and the well-placed small group of staffage to the right of the centre to create an entirely unacademic impression that has a natural grace. Dietzsch's observation of nature and his tree strokes were already praised by contemporaries. Thanks to Dietzsch's distinct feeling for the mood of the scene, this meticulousness in detail does not lead to the isolation of details. In addition, his stroke is always animated, remains light even in darker areas and sometimes - for example, in the area of the figures with the horse - only hints at motifs without making them fully recognisable. It is the talent for the atmospheric, so skilfully presented here, which has earned his landscapes great admiration.
Keywords: Landscape, River, Homestead, 18th century, Classicism, Landscapes, Germany,
Size: 21.5 cm x 29.3 cm (8.5 x 11.5 in)
Condition: Good condition. Lightly restored, slightly stained.
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Differential taxation according to §25a UStG, art objects/special regulation. The sales tax is not shown on the invoice. (VAT: Margin Scheme)
Please note for shipping:
Germany: 0 EUR (DHL Parcel); European Union: 10 EUR (DHL Parcel); Non-EU countries: 29 EUR (DHL Parcel).
If the total of your purchases including buyer's premium exceeds 1.000 EUR, we recommend shipping your purchases by FedEx or DHL Express at a fixed price of 100 EUR.
Please refer to our shipping terms for further information.
Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.3 cm
Condition Report: Good condition. Lightly restored, slightly stained.
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