A pair of old master male portraits was created in the 18 century and attributed by old master experts in Dorotheum Auctionshouse, Vienna to well-known German landscape painter Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich Dietrichy (1712 Weimar-1774 Dresden). For comparison see additional photos of similar works by the same artist from the collection of Hermitage, St.Petersburg. The artist travelled to Rome and Venice 1743 and our works are from this periode. Full biography of Dietrich (in German) is in "Allgemeines lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" by Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker , Leipzig, 1999 or in on-line Wikipedia under following link:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wilhelm_Ernst_Dietrich

Inscription: unsigned.

Technique: each oil on paper or parchment, closed behind with wood cover. Original period gold-plated frames

Measurements: each unframed w 6 1/8" x h 7 1/4" (15,5 x 18,3 cm), framed 8 2/3" x 9 7/8" (22 x 25 cm)

Condition: in very good condition for the age.