Terugkeer van stadhouder Willem V op 20 september 1787
Medium
etching
Dimensions
59; 96
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific German engraver and illustrator active in the late 18th century, captured a pivotal moment in Dutch history his 1788 etching *Terugkeer van stadder Willem V op 20 september 1787*Return of Stadtholder V on September 20, 1787"). Thisutive work (96 × 59 mm) depicts the triumphant homecoming of Willem V, Prince of Orange, to The Hague after his exile during the Patriot Revolt—a turbulent period of political unrest in the Dutch Republic 1780 to 1787. Prussian forces, led by Willem's sister Wilhelmina, had intervened to quash the Patriot uprising, restoring Orang...
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...