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6525 - Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus
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Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus The Origin of Their Acquaintance: Klärchen and Karl in the Parlor. Black pen, brown and red quill, red chalk, on handmade paper. 12.2 x 7.8 cm. Circa 1782. Sketch for the almanac page featuring the fifth illustration for Philippine Engelhard’s poems (Engelmann 420). The illustration depicts Klärchen drying her future husband’s jacket after she had carelessly splashed him with water while watering flowers at the window. Also included is Chodowiecki’s preliminary sketch for a plate etched by his own hand (Engelmann 911) in the *Taschenbuch für Frauenzimmer* for the year 1800, illustrating a poem by Christian Ludwig Neuffer (pen in brown and red, on handmade paper; 9.2 x 6.5 cm). Provenance: Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, auction on October 28–29, 1924, Lot 63 with illustration on Plate 10. - Please ask for condition reports for the 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.
Auction details
Drawings from the 16th to the 19th Centuries & Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki on the 300th Anniversary of His BirthAuction house
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