Confrontatie tussen Reinhard, Karl en Wilhelmine
Medium
etching
Dimensions
113; 65
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki's etching *Confrontatie tussen Reinh, Karl en Wilhelmine (1781) captures a moment of intense human drama in a compact format—measuring just 113 mm high by 65 mm wide. Created during the late Enlightenment era, when Chodowiecki served as director of the Berlin of Arts, this small-scale print exemplifies his mastery of narrative illustration. The Polish-German artist was a prolific printmaker, producing thousands of etchings that brought literary and moral tales to life for a wide audience, blending Rococo elegance with emerging Neoclassical clarity. The title evokes...
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...