Der Spatzier Gang / La promenade
Medium
etching
Dimensions
55; 91
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie's *Der Spatzier Gang / Promenade* (1778) captures a charming moment of leisurely strolling, rendered in a delicate etching measuring just 91 by 55mm. As a master printmaker and director of the Berlin Academy of Arts Chodowiecki was for his intimate genre scenes depicting everyday 18th-century life in-era Prussia. This bilingual title—German and French—reflect the cosmopolitan cultural exchange of the time, blending Rococo elegance with emerging Realism. Etching allowed Chodowiecki to achieve fine lines and subtle textures, ideal for his miniature vignettes that were w...
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...