Frau Dombardey valt van de rug van de hond en Konrad valt in de sloot

About this artwork

Afkomstig uit een serie van zes voorstellingen die de gedichten van Philippine Engelhard illustreren. Deze serie is ook gebruikt in: Engelhard, Philippine. Erste und zweyte Sammlung. 2 dln. Göttingen, Johann Christian Dieterich, 1778-1782.

Art Historical Context

**Frau Dombardey valt van de rug van de en Konrad valt in deloot** (1778) is a delightful etching by Daniel Nikolausodowiecki, a German printmaker of the Enlightenment era. Measuring just 149 × 188 mm, this scene captures a comical mishap—Mrs. Dombardey tumbling from a dog's back while Konrad splashes into a ditch— of a series of sixings illustrating the whimsical poems of Philippine Engelhard. Published in her *Erste und zweyte Sam* (1778–1782) by Johann Christian Dieterich in Göttingen, these works brought vivid life to her verses for a growing literate public. Chodowiecki, renowned for ove...

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...