1777
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
F.E. von Rochow is a 1777 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of an older man with a high forehead and a wig. His face is turned slightly to the side, and he wears a dark coat with a high collar. Around his neck is a medal with a ribbon and a star, and a banner with writing loops over the top. Below the portrait, there’s a small scene of a woman holding a book and a child, with a dog nearby. The text on the banner reads *"von Rochow"* and *"Eberhard"*—likely the man’s name. This is an etching, a printmaking method where artists scratch into 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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