6522 - Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus

Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus Three almanac illustrations featuring ladies and gentlemen in interiors. 3 drawings, each in pen and brush in gray or black, washed in gray or gray-brown, each with preliminary pencil sketches, on handmade paper. 7.7 x 5.5 cm; 7.7 x 5.2 cm; 8.2 x 5.2 cm. One sheet is inscribed in the artist’s own hand at the bottom: “Well? Isn’t this capital sum impressive enough?” The inscribed sheet, depicting the two ladies and the gentleman examining a jewelry box, served as the model for the engraving by Daniel Berger illustrating the story “Scenes from the Ehrenberg Family. Amalie Trunemann,” published in the *Frauenzimmer-Almanach* from 1793 (p. 295). - 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.