Study of a Plant

1712–74

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor over graphite; framing lines in graphite
Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 6 3/8 in. (18.5 x 16.2 cm)
Collection no.: 2007.120
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. Study of a Plant. Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Study of a Plant — Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. 1712–74.

Medium: Watercolor over graphite; framing lines in graphite. Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 6 3/8 in. (18.5 x 16.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2007.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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