The Artist in His Mother's Room, Danzig

1774

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

This is a painting of an interior scene with detailed shadows and lighting. The artwork features a dimly lit room with a window that allows light to stream in, casting intricate shadows across a wooden floor. A table with ornate details and high-backed chairs emphasizes the quiet and intimate setting, while a tablecloth drapes elegantly on a piece of furniture in the background. The contrast between light and dark areas, along with visible brushwork and textural details, create a sense of depth within the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.8 x 18.2 cm (4 5/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.7 x 26.4 cm (7 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.65.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 109a, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 4 June 2012, no. 5266); (via C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1857

  • Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sammtliche Kupferstiche. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1857: no.109, ii/ii

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in graphite: 109_a_

Wikidata ID

Q76561109

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