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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Cheerful Hour of Parting1795

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Engraving of a multi-figure interior scene: an elderly man slumped in an armchair before a canopied bed, surrounded by grieving figures including children, a woman leaning over him, and adults standing to the left

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Cheerful Hour of Parting, 1795, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Vergil Whirlow, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Cheerful Hour of Parting
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1795
Medium
Etching, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (10.8 x 7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Vergil Whirlow
Accession Number
55.103.173
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.