1787
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Du bist schläfrig (Thou art inclined to sleep) is a 1787 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows two people in a garden. A woman sits on a low bench, holding a fan and looking up at a man standing beside her. The man wears a turban and long robe, pointing toward her with one hand. Trees and bushes fill the background, and the scene looks calm. The title at the bottom reads *"Du bist schläfrig"* (You are sleepy). The artist used a technique that creates fine, detailed lines—likely drypoint or etching. Look up etching to see how artists like this made prints with acid and needles.
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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