Peter de Grote voert een operatie uit
Medium
etching
Dimensions
104; 62
About this artwork
height 104 mm x width 62 mm
Art Historical Context
Behold *Peter de Grote voert een operatie* (Peter the Great Performs an Operation), a delicate etching by Daniel Nikolausodowiecki from 1789. Measuring just 104 mm high by 62 mm wide, this print captures a dramatic moment from the life of Russia's transformative tsar, Peter I (1672–1725). Chodowiecki, a prolific German Rococo renowned for his narrative illustrations and moralistic scenes, often depicted historical figures in vivid, accessible vignettes like this one, blending education with entertainment for a wide audience. The scene illustrates a famous anecdote from Peter's reign: his hand...
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...