Twee voorstellingen voor Langbeins Schwaenke, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1792

Title(s)

Twee voorstellingen voor Langbeins Schwaenke

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-115.153

Catalogue reference

• Bauer 1517-1518
• Engelmann 681-682-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

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

Place

Berlin

Dating

1792

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 177 mm × width 228 mm

What

• Literature
• death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
• flying mammals: bat
• cave, grotto
• Alarm, Fright; 'Spavento', 'Terrore' (Ripa)
• sleeping in bed
• ass, donkey

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Danzig 1726 - 1801 Berlin), Jens-Heiner Bauer, p. 156, cat.nr. 1517-1518
• Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (Danzig 1726-1801 Berlin), Jens-Heiner Bauer, p. 220, cat.nr. 1517-1518
• Daniel Chodowiecki's sämmtliche Kupferstiche, Wm Engelmann, p. 361, cat.nr. 681-682