Portret van Johann Bernhard Basedow
Medium
etching
Dimensions
183; 111
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 183 mm x breedte 111 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Johann Bernhardow** is a delicate etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodcki, created in 1773. just 183 mm high by 111 mm wide, this intimate portrait captures the German educational reformer Johann Bernhard Basedow, a figure in the Enlightenment's for progressive pedagogy. Chodowiecki, a prolific Polish-German artist based in Berlin, was renowned for his intricate prints that brought the era's intellectuals to life, blending Rococo elegance with emerging Neoclassical clarity. Etching, Chodowiecki's favored medium, allowed for fine lines and subtle textures, making portraits like this b...
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...