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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's 'Elementary Work'1770

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Engraving of a balance scale with two labeled crates, a group of robed figures to the left and a man in 18th-century dress gesturing toward the scale on the right
Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Illustration for Basedow's 'Elementary Work'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1770
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (9.05 x 10.95 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Talpis
Accession Number
55.102.364
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Basedow, Johann Bernhard. Elementarwerk. Leipzig: E. Wiegandt, 1909.