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Blanco patent van de Koninklijke Academie der Schone Kunsten in Berlijn met decoratieve omkadering

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Blanco patent van de Koninklijke Academie der Schone Kunsten in Berlijn met decoratieve omkadering

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1786

Medium

etching

Dimensions

h 298mm × w 363mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper

Object Type

print

Subject Matter

predatory birds: eagle; sceptre, staff (symbol of sovereignty); globe; crown (symbol of sovereignty); initial; (story of) Niobe; cupids together with attributes of the arts, sciences, etc.

Production Place

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.

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