Ziekenzaal van St. Hiob
Medium
etching
Dimensions
151; 93
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowie, a prolific Polish-German engraver and illustrator active in Berlin during the Enlightenment era, created *Ziekenzaal van. Hiob* in 1783. This intimate etching, measuring just 93 mm high by 151 mm wide, captures a poignant scene likely set in the sick ward of a charitable institution dedicated to St. Job, a figure symbolizing patience in suffering. Chodowie's works often depicted everyday life with moral undertones, reflecting 18th-century concerns for social welfare, public health, and humanitarianism amid Europe's growing hospitals and almshouses. Rendered in etchin...
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...