Imaginations

1800

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image depicts various fantastical and everyday elements in a series of illustrations on a single page. On the left, there are whimsical elements like a figure on stilts, people walking, and unusual caricatures. In the center, elegantly dressed figures are in a garden-like setting with trees. On the right, there are more peculiar drawings, including a massive rooster, a man beside a tree, and various small sketches of animals, birds, and human faces. The drawing has a light, sketched quality with playful and exaggerated elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (3 etchings on one sheet from one plate)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Dieter Erich Meyer

  • Accession Number

    1979.59.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 949


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1857

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

Wikidata ID

Q65567536

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