St. James Preaching

1740

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; first state
Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.
Collection no.: 60.634.42
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

St. James Preaching — Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. 1740.

Medium: Etching; first state. Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 in..

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

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960.

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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