Cabinet d'un Peintre

1771

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image shows an artist's studio interior. The room is filled with paintings in ornate frames and decorative carvings. In the center, multiple figures are engaged in creative and intellectual activities around a table with open books and sheets. Sculptures and a large curtain to the right decorate the room. The drawing is detailed and refined with intricate linework and precise depictions of elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.4 × 24.7 cm (8 1/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    plate: 18 × 23 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.2.23

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 75

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab Gallery, Inc., New York); Lessing Julius Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, purchased in 1943; gift to NGA in 1944

Associated Names

Bibliography

1857

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image at left: Gravé par D. Chodowiecki à Berlin en 1771; in plate, below image, at center: CABINET D'UN PEINTRE / Dedié a Madame Marie Henriette Ayrer, veuve de feu Mr. G. Chodowiecki / Par Son très humble et très Obeissant Serviteur et fils / David Chodowiecki

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65019463

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