Karl en Amalia in de portrettengalerij
Medium
etching
Dimensions
63; 110
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie's etching *Karl en Amalia in portrettengalerij* (1782) captures a charming moment in an 18th-century portrait gallery Rendered in a compact 110mm × 63 format, this intimate print depicts the titular figures—likely inspired by literary or everyday figures—amidst a gallery of illustrious portraits, ev the Enlightenment-era fascination with history, ancestry, and self-reflection. Chodowiecki, a prolific Prussian artist and director of the Berlin Academy of Arts, excelled in such miniature scenes, blending Rococo elegance with moralistic insights into society. As an etchi...
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...