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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration to Klein's 'Life of Great Germans'1782

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Engraving on cream paper depicting a Roman soldier grasping a larger, lightly clad man by the arm, with a standard-bearer and crowd of onlookers behind them; German caption below
Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Illustration to Klein's 'Life of Great Germans'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1782
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 5/16 x 9 1/2 in. (36.35 x 24.13 cm); plate: 9 x 6 1/8 in. (22.86 x 15.56 cm); image: 5 9/16 x 4 7/16 in. (14.13 x 11.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Vergil Whirlow
Accession Number
55.103.148
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.