CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST DIETRICH (1712–1774) Portrait of Michelangelo

signed ‘Dietricy’ (lower right); old label with inscription ‘Dietrich, Dit Dietricy (Christian Wilhelm) né à Weimar 1712, mort à Dresde en 1774, Peintre du Cabinet de S.[M.] Auguste III à Dresde. il a Peint Le Michel-Ange…’ (on the reverse) oil on panel 21.5 × 17.5 cm PROVENANCE: Hotel des ventes de Lausanne, Switzerland, September 18, 2020, lot 49 Private collection, Monaco After the portrait of Michelangelo (1475–1564) by Daniele Ricciarelli (1509–1566), better known as Daniele da Volterra, the Italian painter and sculptor who was a close friend and collaborator of Michelangelo.