Maria Dorothea Wagner Explained

Maria Dorothea Wagner
Birth Name:	Maria Dorothea Dietrich^[1]
Birth Date:	1719^[2]
Birth Place:	Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire
Death Place:	Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality:	German
Known For:	Landscape painting
Style:	Baroque

Maria Dorothea Wagner (1719 - 1792) was a German painter and drafter. She was primarily a landscape artist, focusing on the landscape of Saxony.

Life and work

Maria Dorothea Wagner was born in 1719 in Weimar. Her father was a court painter for the duchess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.^[2] Her brother was Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich.^[3]

She died in 1792 in Meissen.^[3]

Notable collections

• Landscape with a waterfall over which a footbridge leads, on the left a farmer drives two cows down to the valley, in the background a ruin, 18th century, Städel Museum^[4]
• Rising sunken path on a river, 18th century, Städel Museum^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wagner, Maria Dorothea - Deutsche Biographie . Deutsche Biographie . 9 December 2018 . de.
2. Web site: Marie Dorothea Wagner - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Marie Dorothea Wagner . askART . 9 December 2018.
3. Web site: Old Master Paintings - Maria Dorothea Wagner - Dorotheum . Dorotheum . 9 December 2018.
4. Web site: Landschaft mit einem Wasserfall, über den ein Steg führt, links treibt ein Bauer zwei Kühe zu Tal, im Hintergrund eine Ruine . Digitale Sammlung . Städel Museum . 9 December 2018 . de.
5. Web site: Ansteigender Hohlweg an einem Fluß . Digitale Sammlung . Städel Museum . 9 December 2018 . de.