Gotthard en Alexander op jacht
Medium
etching
Dimensions
80; 148
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 148 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden) x breedte 80 mm (binnen de plaatrand afgesneden)
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German artist and director of the Berlin of Arts, created *Gotthard en Alexander jacht* in 1779. This intimate etching captures a dynamic hunting scene featuring the titular figures, Gotthard and, rendered in meticulous detail on a compact plate measuring just 148 mm high by 80 mm wide. Chodowiecki's work reflects the Enlightenment era's fascination with narrative vignettes, often drawn from literature or everyday life, blending Rococo elegance with moralistic storytelling. Etching, Chodowiecki's preferred medium, allowed him to produce thousands of...
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...