Mr. de Vollange speelt op zijn gitaar
Medium
etching
Dimensions
81; 102
About this artwork
height 81 mm x width 102 mm
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a prolific Polish-German artist of the Enlightenment era (1726–1801), captures a charming moment of domestic leisure in his 1798 etching *Mr. de Vollange op zijn gitaar* ("Mr. de Voll Plays His Guitar"). Rendered in a compact format—81 mm high by 102 mm wide—this intimate print exemplifies Chodowiecki's mastery of miniature genre scenes, often illustrated everyday life, moral tales, and social customs 18th-century Europe. Produced at the tail end of the Rococo period transitioning to Neoclassicism, the work likely draws from literary sources, evoking the refined wo...
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...