Galopperende ruiter
Medium
etching
Dimensions
63; 101
About this artwork
height 101 mm x width 63 mm
Art Historical Context
**Galopperende Ruiter (Galloping Rider)** Daniel Nikolaus Chodcki, 1778, etching, 101 × 63 mm* Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a prolific Polish-German artist and engraver active in Enlightenment-era Berlin, captures dynamic motion in this petite etching titled *Galopperende Ruiter* ("Galloping Rider"). Created in 1778, the work exemplifies Chodowiecki's mastery of small-scale prints, often produced for books, periodicals, and moral tales. At just 101 mm high 63 mm wide, it reflects the intimate format ideal for 18th-century illustrated publications, allowing widespread dissemination of art to...
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...