Oriental in a Fantastic Headdress

1731/1732

Dating: Date range
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions: overall: 14.5 x 11.2 cm (5 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1984.1.6
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. Oriental in a Fantastic Headdress. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Oriental in a Fantastic Headdress — Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. 1731/1732.

Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 14.5 x 11.2 cm (5 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1984.1.6. Julius S. Held Collection.

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.

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