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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Plate 1 for C. L. Bretzner's 'The Marriage Broker'1784

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Engraving on cream paper showing three men in 18th-century dress outdoors; one raises his hand to pat or slap the central figure, with German and French text below
Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Plate 1 for C. L. Bretzner's 'The Marriage Broker'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1784
Medium
Etching, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 in. (9.05 x 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald
Accession Number
54.67.261
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Engelmann, Wilhelm. Daniel Chodowiecki's sämmtliche kupferstiche : Beschrieben, mit historischen, literarischen und bibliographischen nachweisungen, der lebensbeschreibung des künstlers und registern versehen. Berlin: W. Engelmann, 1857.