Maria Dorothea Wagner

Maria Dorothea Wagner (1719 - 1792) was a German painter and draughtswoman. 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. Her brother was Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich.

She died in 1792 in Meissen.

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
• Rising sunken path on a river, 18th century, Städel Museum

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