Illustrations to Fables & Tales by Gellert, Gleim, Hagedorn, Lichtwer and Pfeffel

1793

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

This is a series of twelve rectangular illustrations in a monochromatic style, resembling etchings or engravings. Each scene is labeled and numbered. The top row features a horse and rider, a man climbing a vine, two figures on a path, two figures under a canopy, and figures near architecture. The bottom row includes a woman in a field, men around a seated person, a crow and a fox, figures near a well, a somber interior, and a figure in the woods. The labels suggest a narrative or moral connection between the scenes, possibly inspired by folktales or fables.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.3 × 27.5 cm (6 × 10 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 21.7 × 30.4 cm (8 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.12.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 711, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1857

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

Wikidata ID

Q65071807

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