Portret van Amelia en een door putti opgehouden blanco blad
Medium
etching
Dimensions
126; 116
About this artwork
ets; proefdruk
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Amelia and a Blank Sheet Held by a Putto** *Daniel Nikolaus Chodcki, 1784, etching, 116 × 126 mm* This delicate etching captures a charming portrait of Amelia, accompanied by a playful putto—a chubby, winged child figure from classical mythology—holding up a blank sheet of paper. Created in 1784, the small scale suggests it was designed for intimate viewing, perhaps as a collector's item or book illustration. As a *proefdruk* (proof print), this early impression reveals Chodowiecki's process before final refinements, offering a rare glimpse into the artist's workshop. Daniel ...
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...