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6520 - Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus
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Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus Clarisse threatens to stab herself. Red-brown pen and graphite on sturdy handmade paper. 13.1 x 7.9 cm. Circa 1784. Finely executed preparatory drawing for Plate 14 (Engelmann 556) of the French edition of the novel “Clarisse Harlowe” by Samuel Richardson. For a preparatory drawing for Plate 2, see Lot 6519. Chodowiecki illustrated the story once more for the German edition of 1795, repeating the composition presented here with slight variations. The etching of this second version from 1795 is included (Engelmann 812). Provenance: Collection of Johann Gottlob von Quandt, Leipzig/Dresden (Lugt 4974). Collection of Eduard Cichorius, Leipzig/Dresden. His auction at C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, on May 5–6, 1908, Lot 270 (with illustration). - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.
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Drawings from the 16th to the 19th Centuries & Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki on the 300th Anniversary of His BirthAuction house
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