George sur le Téatre reconnoit son Pere, & en est reconnu
Medium
etching
Dimensions
109; 59
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 109 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden) x breedte 59 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden)
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a leading German engraver and illustrator of the Enlightenment era, created *George sur le Téatrenoit son Pere, & en est reconnu in 1776. This intimate etching, measuring just 109 mm high by 59 mm wide (trimmed within the plate mark), exemplifies Chodowiecki's mastery of small-scale printmaking. Working in Berlin as director of the Academy of Arts, he produced thousands of such works, often illustrating dramatic scenes from literature, theater, and moral tales to educate and entertain a growing middle-class audience. The title, in French—"George on the stage recog...
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...