Twee huwelijksaanzoeken

About this artwork

Twee prenten afkomstig uit een serie van twaalf huwelijksaanzoeken (tweede serie). De scènes zijn op een plaat geëtst. Deze serie is ook gebruikt in: Taschenbuch zum Nutzen und Vergnügen fürs Jahr 1782. Göttingen: Johann Christian Dieterich.

Art Historical Context

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German engraver and illustrator active in the late 18th century, created *Twee huwelijksaan* ("Two Marriage Proposals") in 1781. This intimate etching, measuring just 129 mm high by 145 mm wide, exemplifiesodowiecki's mastery of small-scale genre scenes, blending Rococo elegance with Enlightenment wit. Renowned for his moralistic vignettes of everyday life, he often depicted social customs with subtle humor, making his works popular in books and almanacs across Europe. The print features two scenes etched onto a single plate, drawn from Chodowiecki'...

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...