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Young Man Writing by Lamplight

1784

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image shows a person seated at a table, leaning forward and writing or drawing with their right hand. Their left hand supports their posture. The person has long hair tied back, and is wearing a long-sleeved, formal outfit. On the table are a bottle of ink and a lamp. The background features a textured backdrop.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Anonymous gift in memory of Charles B. Hoyt
Accession Number

1950.2.13
Catalogue Raisonné

Engelmann 1857, no. 513, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Bibliography

1857

Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sammtliche Kupferstiche. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1857.

Wikidata ID

Q65071823

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