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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Cheerful Hour of Parting1795

Not on view
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
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.