Anecdotes of King Frederik II

1793

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image is a triptych with different scenes. Left panel: Two figures standing and kneeling facing each other. Both wear coats, knee-length breeches, and tricorn hats, in front of an ornate patterned wall. Middle panel: Two figures, one standing and gesturing, the other seated and pointing. Both wear elaborate coats and hats with faint figures and signs of combat behind them in a smoky setting. Right panel: A person on horseback with a cocked hat, handing an object to a standing man. Soldiers with spears stand in formation in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    set of three etchings in proof states with remarques, printed on one sheet of laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.1 x 20 cm (4 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 12.3 x 22.5 cm (4 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.102.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 714, State iia/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1857

  • Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sammtliche Kupferstiche. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1857, 714 iia/ii

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: E 714 / 2230010002; at lower edges of images: Fridrich II belohnt die kindliche Liebe eines Pagen... / ...Friedrich II schenkt einem braven Korporal seine Uhr. / Anecd. VI Saml. 78 S.

Wikidata ID

Q76441084

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