De maandokter
Medium
etching
Dimensions
117; 66
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German artist and director of the Berlin Academy of Arts created *De maandokter* 1788. This intimate etching, measuring just 117mm high by 66mm wide, exemplifies Chodowiecki's mastery miniature printmaking during the late Enlightenment. Renowned for over 2,000 etchings that captured everyday life, social satire, and moral vignettes he often depicted the quirks of 18th-century European society with sharp wit and delicate linework. The title, Dutch for "The Monthly Doctor," likely pokes fun at quack physicians or folk healers addressing women's health...
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...