Titelpagina met de vier jaargetijden
Medium
etching
Dimensions
95; 57
About this artwork
inscription: ‘bijde genie’
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific German engraver and illustrator in 18th-century Berlin, created *Titelpagina met de jaargetijden* (Title Page with the Four Seasons) 1778. This etching, measuring just 95mm by 57mm, exemplifiesodowiecki's mastery of miniature-scale book illustrations. Rendered with fine lines and intricate detail, it likely features allegorical representations of the seasons—common motifs in Rococo and Enlightenment art—izing the cyclical passage of time and nature's bounty, perfect for adorning a printed volume. Etching, Chodowiecki's preferred medium, involved coating a ...
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...