1793
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Death is a 1793 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows Death as a skeleton with a scythe, standing over a sick woman in bed. The woman’s family kneels nearby, helpless. A child clutches her mother’s hand, eyes wide. Chodowiecki made this during a time when death was common and feared. The scene feels quiet, not dramatic. The family’s clothes look plain, like real people you’d see on the street. It’s different from other death images you might know. Look up Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus.
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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