Poor Boy Showing His Navel

1758

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image is an etching of a young child standing. The child is facing forward with a sight turn to the right, with delicate facial features and curly hair. The child is wearing worn-out clothing, including a long coat and breeches. There is a large hat nearby, a broom by a wall, and a pottery jug in the background. The room has wooden walls and a shelf with various objects present.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Dieter Erich Meyer

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.2 × 13 cm (7 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
    plate: 14.8 × 11.4 cm (5 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.52.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1857

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: D. Chodowiecki f. Berolini 1758 [backwards]; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65567496

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