Antique Master Print-EBERHARD-PHILOSOPHER-Chodowiecki-1778

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11 x 17.5 cm (4.33 x 6.89 inch). Image size: 10.2 x 16.3 cm. (4.02 x 6.42 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

J.A. EBERHARD, DANIEL CHODOWIECKI, ENLIGHTENMENT, GERMAN PHILOSOPHER, MEDALLION PORTRAIT, 18TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING | PCO-E15-2-11

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin.

Reference: Bauer 1982, p. 589; Engelmann 1857/1906, p. 271.

Biography engraver: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726-1801) was a German draftsman and printmaker of Polish-Huguenot descent. Celebrated for his finely detailed etchings and book illustrations, he became the most popular illustrator of the German Enlightenment.