Schilderijenliefhebber
Medium
etching
Dimensions
93; 56
About this artwork
Rechtsboven genummerd: 2. Met onderschrift in het Duits.
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German artist and engraver active in 18th-century Berlin, the charm of art appreciation in his 1780 etching *Schilderijenliefber* (Dutch for "Painting Enthusiast"). This intimate print, measuring just 93mm high by 56mm wide, a figure immersed in the world of paintings—likely a nod to the burgeoning culture of private art collecting during the Enlightenment era. Numbered "2" in the top corner, it belongs to a series, suggesting Chodowiecki's knack for serialized storytelling through miniature vignettes. Etching, Chodowiecki's favored medium, allowed ...
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...