Hertog Leopold von Braunschweig gaat zijn dood in de Oder tegemoet
Medium
etching
Dimensions
225; 215
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a prolific Polish-German engraver and director of the Berlin Academy of (1726–1801), captures a dramatic moment of history in this 1785 titled *Hertog Leopold von Braunsch gaat zijn dood in de tegemoet* ("Duke Leopold of Brunswick Goes to Meet His Death in the Oder Measuring a modest 215 × 225 mm, the work depicts the ill-fated duke confronting his watery demise in the Oder River, blending historical narrative with emotional intensity typical of Chodowiecki's Enlightenment-era style. Chodowiecki excelled in small-scale etchings like this one, using acid to bite in...
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...