1784
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Girl Seated, Sewing is a 1784 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a girl sitting in a chair, sewing. She’s dressed in a loose, flowing gown with a hat on her head. A small table sits in front of her, and a dog lies on the floor beside her chair. The lines are detailed and precise, showing the folds in her clothes and the texture of the dog’s fur. This kind of drawing was made by pressing ink into lines carved into metal. Next, check out the technique: etching to see how artists like this made their prints.
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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