6508 - Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus

Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus A gentleman in a walking coat, seated, his hands resting on a cane. Red chalk on handmade paper. 20 x 12.5 cm. Circa 1776. This study serves as a preparatory sketch for the figure of the uncle who poses riddles to his nephews and nieces in the title engraving “Kinderspiele und Gespräche” by Johann Gottlob Schummel, Part I, Leipzig 1778 (Engelmann 174). Additional drawings related to the same engraving, formerly in the Stechow Collection, were offered by C.G. Boerner (C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, Auction 128, 1919, Lots 116–119). Provenance: Eugenie Rosenberger Collection, Kösen. Edith and Georg Tietz Collection, Berlin. Carl Heumann Collection, Chemnitz (Lugt 2841a). Walter Bauer Collection, Fulda. Lit.: Wolfgang von Oettingen: Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin 1895, ill. p. 195. Ketterer, Stuttgart, Auction 29, 1957, Lot 30 with ill. Plate 4. Exhibition catalog: German Drawing Art from Two Centuries, 1760–1960. Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints from the W. B. Collection, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 1967, no. 10. - Please request condition reports for the lots, as the condition is usually not specified in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.