Columbus betreedt het Amerikaanse vasteland
Medium
etching
Dimensions
95; 57
About this artwork
ets; proefdruk
Art Historical Context
**Columbus betreedt het vasteland** (Columbus Lands on the American Mainland) is a delicate etching by Daniel Nikolausodowiecki, a Polish-German artist renowned for his intricate book illustrations and historical vignettes during the Enlightenment era. Created in 1790, this-scale work (95mm × 57mm) the pivotal moment of Christopher Columbus's arrival on the mainland in 1492, symbolizing European discovery and the dawn of transatlantic exploration. Chodowiecki's style blending Rococo elegance with moralistic clarity, reflects the era's fascination with heroic narratives and global expansion. A...
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...