What is the Way to be Happy?

1791

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Associated Names
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artist, German, 1726 - 1801

This is a drawing of a lecture or presentation in an academic setting. The scene includes an interior space similar to a lecture hall with detailed illustrations on the walls showing various scientific and anatomical drawings. In the center, a figure stands at a podium gesturing towards the audience, while others in elaborate attire stand to the side. The attendees are seated in rows, facing the speaker. Above the speaker are large posters with German text and scientific illustrations. The artwork emphasizes the scientific and scholarly atmosphere, highlighting a focus on enlightenment and learning.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on light blue laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Dieter Erich Meyer

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.6 × 15.4 cm (5 3/4 × 6 1/16 in.)
    plate: 13.4 × 14.5 cm (5 1/4 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.49.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engelmann 1857, no. 665

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1857

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower right: D. Chodowiecki f.; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q74034215

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