The Prussian Royal Family

1796

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

This is a drawing featuring a group of people in an interior setting and trees in a landscape. The upper section shows an indoor scene with individuals in formal attire gathered in a room with a table and drapery. The lower part shows a detailed outdoor scene with trees. The drawing emphasizes contrast and depth with fine lines and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [proof with remarque] on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.6 x 12.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.1 x 17.4 cm (6 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.102.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 832, State ib/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johann Nepomuk Seiler, Munich (1793 - 1876); (C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf). (sale, Karl & Faber, 28 May 2009, no. ); (C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1857

  • Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sammtliche Kupferstiche. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1857: no. 832 ib/iii

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 2230010002; 2.832.I.B; lower right in graphite: Fr. 12701

Wikidata ID

Q76441086

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