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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustrations for Paul Erdmans Fest Wandsbecher 'Messenger from M. Claudius,' fourth part1783

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper showing a group of figures inside a narrow interior, with hatched shading and a lit doorway receding in the distance
Line engraving depicting an interior ward scene with patients lying in beds at left; a standing figure in 18th-century dress gestures toward the beds while addressing a group of four formally dressed men at right.
Engraving of a crowded interior scene with figures in 18th-century dress gathered around a long draped table; a man in the center pours a drink for a woman, surrounded by a large group of men and women, with a chair featuring a heart-shaped cutout visible at lower left.
Engraving of an interior scene with four figures seated or crouching in the foreground, one resting their head on their hand; through an open doorway in the background, a standing figure raises a long-handled tool over a barrel outdoors. Fine crosshatched line work throughout.

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Illustration for Paul Erdmans Fest Wandsbecher 'Messenger from M. Claudius', 1783, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Vergil Whirlow, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Illustrations for Paul Erdmans Fest Wandsbecher 'Messenger from M. Claudius,' fourth part
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1783
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Various dimensions
Credit Line
Gift of Vergil Whirlow
Accession Number
55.103.190-.195
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings