Begroeting tussen de schoolmeester en Peter Fix
Medium
etching
Dimensions
63; 100
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a prolific Polish-German artist and director of the Berlin Academy of Arts, created this intimate etching *Begroeting tussen demeester en Peter Fix in 1783. Measuring just 100mm high by 63mm wide, the work exemplifies Chodowiecki's mastery small-scale printmaking, a medium he championed for its precision and affordability. Etching allowed him to render fine lines and textures with remarkable clarity, making his prints accessible to a wide audience during the Enlightenment era. The title, translating from Dutch as "Greeting between the Schoolmaster and Peter Fix," ...
About the Artist
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki · 1726–1801
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), he created approximately 2,000 etchings that serve as an invaluable visual record of German bourgeois life during the Enlightenment. Largely self-taught, Chodowiecki moved to Berlin in 1743 and ach...