Open full image Pin
Cabinet d'un Peintre, by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, ink, 1771

Dominant colour

Overview

Cabinet d'un Peintre is a 1771 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
When & what style?
1771 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?
National Gallery of Art

About this work

The painting shows a room with a woman and children. The woman stands behind a chair, wearing a dress and a head covering. She looks at the children, who sit around a table. They are all dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The room has many pictures on the walls. The room looks like a place where people work on art. There are many things around that suggest this, like the pictures and the table with papers on it. The people in the room seem to be doing something together, but it's not clear what. If you want to learn more about the style of this painting, look into Romanticism.

About the artist

Portrait of Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Artist

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

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.

See the richer artist page

More by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Artifact World Gallery — 100,000 artworks Get the app