12 - Dietrich, Franz Xaver

Dietrich, Franz Xaver 1882 Bernhardsweiler, France – 1962 Schönbrunn, Dachau District IV. Station of the Cross (Jesus Meets His Grieving Mother) · 1916. Pen and white wash on cardboard · 13.9 x 9 cm (postcard). Monogrammed and dated in the lower right corner: X. D. 1916. Titled at the bottom of the image. Inscribed in the artist’s own hand on the reverse: To Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, His Royal Highness in Dresden. Munich, August 15, 1916. I humbly ask Your Royal Highness to accept my most respectful thanks for the wonderful card sent in friendship, which has brought me great joy today. Your Royal Highness’s most humble servant. X. Dietrich. Unframed, in the collector’s mat with handwritten inscription. Provenance: Prince Johann Georg of Saxony (1869, Dresden – 1936, Altshausen Castle, Württemberg).