Maart
Medium
etching
Dimensions
92; 53
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie (1726–1801), a leading engraver and illustrator of 18th-century Germany, created *Maart* in 1777. Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk) to a Polish family, Chodowiecki settled in Berlin, where he became renowned for his delicate genre scenes depicting everyday life, moral vignettes, and social customs. Working in the transitional Rococo-to-Neoclassical style, he produced thousands of prints that brought art to a wider beyond elite patrons, often illustrating literature by authors like Goethe and Lessing. This intimate etching, measuring just 92 × 53 mm, exemplifies Chodowiecki'...
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...