Lebensläufe nach Aufsteigender Linie nebst Beylagen A, B, C

1779

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (author), Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (artist)

Associated Names
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel

Author, German, 1741 - 1796

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

There is a group of people outside a building. In the center, someone is interacting with a child. A man stands to the left. The group includes adults with various postures, one holding a cane. They wear 18th-century clothing with distinct hairstyles. Two little girls are present, one being embraced. The background shows part of the building and tree branches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 of a set of 4 bound volumes with 1 etched frontispiece, 1 etched title, 4 etched illustrations and 2 etched headpieces

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 16 x 10.8 x 3.7 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.49.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bauer, 1982, 516-539

Associated Artworks

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Lebensläufe nach Aufsteigender Linie nebst Beylagen A, B, C

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1778

The image shows an elderly man from the waist up, standing in a basin. He has a lined face, strong jaw, high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, full beard, and curly hair. The man's musculature is well-defined, especially his arms and torso. He is wearing a cloth around his hips. The basin has a lion's face with a ring in its mouth on the front. The background is a textured archway made of stone blocks.

Lebensläufe nach Aufsteigender Linie nebst Beylagen A, B, C

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1778

Lebensläufe nach Aufsteigender Linie nebst Beylagen A, B, C

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1778

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Brigitte Reh, Versandantiquariat, Berlin); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1857

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

1982

  • Bauer, Jens-Heiner. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki: Das druckgraphische Werk. Berlin, 1982: 516-539.

Inscriptions

by later hand inside upper cover upper left in graphite: ABou UF[GA?] [?] / 4Ba / (erased inscription); Dr. H. Dushalev / Basel 1903

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