Two Standing Ladies (Demoiselles Quantin)

1758

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image shows two women standing side by side with their arms around each other's shoulders. Both women have oval faces, delicate features, and are looking directly at the viewer with slight smiles. They are wearing long dresses with shawls draped over their shoulders, and their hair is covered by fabric headscarves. The image has a monochrome, sepia-toned appearance and the background is plain with no distinct features or objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.1 x 9.3 cm (5 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.2 x 16.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.92.2

  • 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. 11.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: D. Chodowiecki ad viv. del. & fec 1758; lower left verso in graphite: 123/32a/No 12 / EH

Wikidata ID

Q76337996

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