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Sah er ungehalten aus? (What, look’d he frowningly?)

1778

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image depicts three men standing in a group. The man in the middle faces forward with his head turned to his left, looking at the man on his left. The other two men face him from either side. The man on the left wears a coat, a wide-brimmed hat, and curled hair. The central man wears a feathered hat, a jacket, fitted pants, and a cloak draped over his shoulders. He holds a sword or stick in his left hand. The man on the right wears a cap and a draped cloak. Each man has distinct facial features and expressions. The background includes large trees with detailed leaves and what appears to be a fence or wall with rounded finial tops.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With
Dimensions

image: 6.99 × 4.92 cm (2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in.)
sheet: 8.26 × 5.08 cm (3 1/4 × 2 in.)
Accession Number

2016.142.10
Catalogue Raisonné

Engelmann 1857, no. 252.2
Series Title

Plate 2 for Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Wolfram von Schwander, Berlin; gift to Beverly and Christopher With, Washington, D.C., early 1980s; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

With, Christopher

Bibliography

1857

Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sammtliche Kupferstiche. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1857: 252.2.

Inscriptions

below image in plate: .....sah er ungehalten aus? / I. Aufz. 10.ter Auftr.

Wikidata ID

Q77259683

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