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Allegorie op de inhuldiging van Frederik Willem II

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1787

Medium

etching

Dimensions

h 285mm × w 525mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

Subject Matter

chest, bust; Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure); crowning the victor with laurel; 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty; caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury); heart symbolism; dog (with NAME of kind); garland, wreath; cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'; lyre, cithara, psaltery; archer's weapons: arrow; sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure; Sirens (classical mythology); curtains; letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.; the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father (+ variant)

Production Place

Berlin; Berlin

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1992

Notes

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Collection Type

prints

About Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1726–1801 • Kingdom of PrussiaPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726–1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Polish-Huguenot descent who became the most celebrated graphic artist in 18th-century Germany. Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland), he created approximately 2,000 etchings that serve as an invaluable visual record of German bourgeois life during the Enlightenment era.