Derde vrouw van Peter Marks sterft tijdens een diner
Medium
etching
Dimensions
90; 147
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 147 mm x breedte 90 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden)
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German engraver and active in 18th-century Berlin, *Derde vrouw van Peter sterft tijdens een diner in 1779. This etching, measuring just 147 mm high by 90 mm wide (trimmed within the plate mark exemplifies Chodowiecki's mastery of small-scale printmaking. Renowned for over 2,000 etchings, he often depicted moral tales, social satire, and everyday life, blending Rococo elegance with Enlightenment wit. His works frequently illustrated books, periodicals, and proverbs, making art accessible to a broad audience. The title, translating to "The Third Wife...
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...