Street Sellers in Berlin, 1764

ArtistDaniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Gdańsk 1726–1801 Berlin

Etching

Sheet dimensions13,9 × 14,3 cm

Place of originBerlin

Status

not on display

About the workMany Ottomans came to Berlin with the Turkish envoy Achmed Efendi in 1763. Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, who was still at the beginning of his career as a printmaker, captured the Prussian king’s guests in drawings and etchings. Here he focused on the men from the ambassador’s large entourage who sold dates and hazelnuts in the streets. The artist’s early work often features such casually observed situations, which are enthralling in their immediacy.

AccessionCollection of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Provenance[…]; seit 1932 Dauerleihgabe der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Inventory numberKA (FP) 557 D

Genre
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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