Allegorie op de inhuldiging van Frederik Willem II, koning van Pruisen, te Königsberg, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1787

Title(s)

Allegorie op de inhuldiging van Frederik Willem II, koning van Pruisen, te Königsberg

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1992-3

Catalogue reference

• Bauer 1277
• Engelmann 574

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• date

Artist

• print maker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (mentioned on object)

Place

Berlin

Dating

1787

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 285 mm × width 525 mm

What

• chest, bust
• Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)
• crowning the victor with laurel
• 'Cornucopia', Horn of Plenty
• caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury)
• heart symbolism
• dog (with NAME of kind)
• garland, wreath
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• lyre, cithara, psaltery
• archer's weapons: arrow
• sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure
• Sirens (classical mythology)
• curtains
• letter combinations such as letterword, anagram, letter square, monogram, etc.
• the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye ~ symbol of God the Father (+ variant)

Who

• Frederik Willem II (koning van Pruisen)

Acquisition

purchase 1992

Copyright

Public domain

• Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Danzig 1726 - 1801 Berlin), Jens-Heiner Bauer, p. 184, cat.nr. 1277
• Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Danzig 1726-1801 Berlin), Jens-Heiner Bauer, p. 129, cat.nr. 1277
• Daniel Chodowiecki's sämmtliche Kupferstiche, Wm Engelmann, p. 303-304, cat.nr. 574
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 413, afb. 37