Karel van Lotharingen in gesprek met Michel de l'Hopital
Medium
etching
Dimensions
100; 59
About this artwork
Rechtsboven genummerd: 5. Met onderschrift en paginaverwijzing in het Duits.
Art Historical Context
**Karel van Lotharingen gesprek met Michel de lopital** * Nikolaus Chodowie, 1790* *Etching, 100 × 59 mm* Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German artist and director of the Berlin of Arts, captures a pivotal historical moment in this intimate etching. The title depicts Charles of Lorraine (likely Charles II Duke of Lorraine, 1543–1608) in with Michel de l'Hôpital (1507–1573), the French chancellor renowned for his efforts toward religious tolerance amid the Wars of Religion. Created in 1790, this small-scale print—numbered "5" in the upper right with a German caption and page r...
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...