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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Weber's 'Stories from Antiquity'1787

Not on view
Engraving, 1767, showing armored soldiers surrounding two robed figures outdoors beneath a tree, one kneeling with arms raised skyward

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Illustration for Weber's 'Stories from Antiquity', 1787, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Vergil Whirlow, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Illustration for Weber's 'Stories from Antiquity'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1787
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (14.92 x 9.53 cm); image: 4 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (12.07 x 6.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Vergil Whirlow
Accession Number
55.103.180
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.