1793
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Anecdotes of King Frederik II is a 1793 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This set of three black-and-white prints shows a king in three different moments. In the first, he kneels to pick up a page’s fallen hat. The second shows him ducking as a cannonball flies past, soldiers around him. The third has him on horseback, handing a watch to a soldier. The tiny text below each scene gives short stories—like a comic strip for history. The king’s face is calm even in chaos, which feels intentional. If you like these quick, dramatic scenes, look up etching to see how artists like this made sharp prints.
Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801) was a German painter and printmaker of Huguenot and Polish ancestry, who is most famous as an etcher.
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