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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustrations for 'History of the Middle Ages'1793

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Engraving of a kneeling woman in a full gown before a figure in full plate armor, flanked by rows of soldiers with spears, military tent in background
Engraving of two armored knights jousting on horseback in an arena, lances crossed at impact, with tiered spectator galleries crowded with figures in the background. German and French text in cursive script below.
Line engraving depicting a harp player standing before a military tent, with an armored guard at left and a seated figure in armor inside the tent; caption in German and French scripts below.
Engraving depicting a vaulted stone interior with four figures in medieval dress; a kneeling figure is restrained by two others while a fourth stands gesturing beside a table with vessels. Two armed guards visible in the background archway. Caption in German and French script below.
Book illustration engraving of an interior forge scene: a seated figure in elaborate dress and feathered hat at left, a standing figure in apron raising a hammer over an anvil at right, with a wheel and arched stone ceiling in background; German and French text caption below.
Engraving of a canopied throne room scene; a robed figure seated at right extends a document toward elaborately dressed courtiers at left, one holding a globe; German and French text in italic script below.
Engraving of an armored figure on a rearing white horse, holding aloft a billowing banner; mounted soldiers and infantry recede into the background. German and French script below the image.
Engraving of a seated woman in elaborate 18th-century dress and feathered headdress at a table, while a group of men in period coats present objects on a tray; text in German and French below the image.
Line engraving of four male figures in a vaulted interior; a turbaned man at center is confronted by armored soldiers, one gripping his arm, another at left raising a staff; a draped table with vessels at right; German and French caption text below in cursive script.
Engraving depicting two figures flanking a large iron cage in a vaulted interior; one figure stands at left, another kneels at right, both leaning toward the cage. German and French caption text below in italic script.
Engraving of a bare-chested figure standing before a flat tomb slab, arms raised, surrounded by robed and mitred figures beneath trees; German and French caption in cursive script below.
Engraving of a central figure in minimal clothing, arms raised, surrounded by robed and cloaked figures before a flat stone monument, with trees and a Gothic building in the background; German and French caption text below.
Editor
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Editor
Eberhard Siegfried Henne
Title
Illustrations for 'History of the Middle Ages'
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1793
Medium
Etchings
Dimensions
Various dimensions
Credit Line
Gift of Vergil Whirlow
Accession Number
55.103.13-.24
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.