Two Standing Ladies (Demoiselles Quantin)

1758

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image displays two women standing close together, embracing each other. Both women wear bonnets, long dresses, and cloaks. They have delicate facial features and are smiling slightly. The background is plain with shading for depth, and a signature is visible in the bottom right corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14 x 9.2 cm (5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 14.4 x 9.8 cm (5 11/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.92.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 10, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1857

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

2001

  • C.G. Boerner, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726 - 1801) und seine Zeit, Düsseldorf, 2001: no. 10.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: D. Chodowiecki ad viv. del. & fec 1758; verso center in brown chalk: 10 / 15; lower center in graphite: 10

Wikidata ID

Q76337992

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