Two Quinces on a Branch

Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706-1783) was a celebrated painter at the Court of Nuremberg, a center for botanical art and science in eighteenth-century Europe. Descended from the Dietzsch artist dynasty, she and her siblings were trained in the workshop of her father, the botanical painter Johann Israel Dietzsch. Of the seven Dietzsch siblings, six would become professional artists, and two would follow Barbara Regina to serve the Court of Nuremberg.

Dietzsch was a prolific draftswoman and painter, and her works were engraved and printed in numerous publications during her lifetime. Her work was in high demand and remains immediately distinguishable by its great decorativeness and scientific realism.