Art, literature & history
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Battling Tritons
1763
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 8.4 x 15 cm (3 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1997.132.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Battling Tritons — Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. 1763.
Medium: etching on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 8.4 x 15 cm (3 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1997.132.1. Gift of John O'Brien.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.