Party with Six Ladies and the Artist

1758

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

The image shows six individuals in varied seated and standing positions. The furthest left person is seated facing away from the viewer, looking at a table. Next to them, a person stands slightly bent forward wearing a cloak and a bonnet. In the center, three people are seated close together, two facing away and one facing towards the right with delicate facial features visible. In the foreground, a man with curly hair sits cross-legged on a bench, writing in a notebook. Another figure stands to the right looking downward. The setting appears to be indoors with simple furniture in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and sulfur tint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Dieter Erich Meyer

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17 × 21.1 cm (6 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
    plate: 11.5 × 16 cm (4 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.59.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

Bibliography

1857

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower right: Daniel Chodowiecki del & fec / Berolini 1758; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65567538

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