1796
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Clarissa is a 1796 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows two scenes side by side. On the left, two men in fancy 18th-century clothes stand outdoors near a garden bench. One holds a hat, the other leans on a cane. Trees and bushes fill the background. On the right, a group of five people—three standing, two seated—are indoors near a window, with one woman reclining on a couch. The artist used fine lines to capture details like the men’s ruffled shirts and the woman’s flowing dress. The scenes look like they’re from a story, with careful attention to how light falls on faces and fabrics. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this one create prints with acid and metal plates.
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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