# Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1712-10-30
- Death date: 1774-04-24
- Nationality: German
- Common media: Painting, Etching, Copper engraving

## Portrait

![Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Christian_Wilhelm_Ernst_Dietrich.jpg)
Anton Graff · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Wilhelm_Ernst_Dietrich.jpg

## About Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774), also encountered under Dietricy name variants, was a German painter, etcher, copper engraver, and art administrator. Active in the eighteenth century, he is particularly associated with a versatile practice that adopted the manners of several earlier artists instead of presenting one consistently recognizable personal style. That stylistic range is important both art historically and for attribution: works connected with Dietrich may resemble established traditions or individual predecessors while belonging to his own production. Collectors can encounter his name on paintings as well as graphic works, especially etchings and copper engravings. For reliable entity matching, records should account for his full German name, the Dietricy variants, his 1712–1774 life dates, and authority identifiers maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and museum collections. These identifiers help distinguish the artist from similarly named people and connect auction records with institutional holdings.

## Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings and graphic works attributed to Dietrich, particularly etchings and copper engravings. Records can also appear under Dietricy name variants. The current source pack does not securely establish recurring subjects, named series, edition patterns, or a complete catalogue of work types, so those details should be confirmed from the specific object and its documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by identifying whether an object is a painting, etching, or copper engraving, because comparisons across those categories may be misleading. Dietrich's documented practice of adopting the manners of earlier artists also makes attribution and catalogue context especially important. Relevant comparisons should come from public auction records for similar work types and should identify the sale date and realized price. The supplied source pack confirms a substantial Appraisily auction-record footprint but does not provide lot-level evidence about condition, provenance, dimensions, editions, attribution history, or recent price direction. Those details require examination of the object and individual sale records, so no price forecast is justified from this identity profile alone.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536581
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500009500
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/69199199/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85327757
- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG25270
- National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.3932.html
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/dietrich-christian-wilhelm-ernst-17121774
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wilhelm_Ernst_Dietrich
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wilhelm_Ernst_Dietrich
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wilhelm_Ernst_Dietrich