GERMAN SCHOOL circa 1800, after Christian Wilhelm Ernst DIET - Lot 27

GERMAN SCHOOL circa 1800, after Christian Wilhelm Ernst DIETRICH The satyr and the villager Canvas Height: 45.8 cm Width: 54.5 cm Inscribed top left 'June 1770' and with traces of inscriptions on the parchment below Provenance : Anonymous sale, Versailles (Mes Chapelle, Perrin et Fromantin), March 21, 1971, no. 13 (18th-century Flemish school, fr. century, 2,000 fr) ; Collection G. D., Paris. Our painting is in the sense of the engraving by Pierre Maloeuvre (1740-1803) after the picture painted in Dresden by Christian Wilhelm Ernest Dietrich, which was in Mr. Mariette's Cabinet (panel, 15 x 12 inches, sold to Aubert to Aubert on April 22, 1776). The inscriptions on the parchment refer to Jean de La Fontaine Livre 5, Fable 7 "Arriere ceux dont la bouche bouche Souffle le Chaud et le Froid". Expert Cabinet Eric Turquin