1791
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Fortunate Rescue is a 1791 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, depicting Visitation, held at National Gallery of Art.
A woman in a long dress clutches a man’s arm as he points to a distant ship. His hat flies off in the wind. This etching tells a simple but dramatic rescue story from 1791. The couple stands on a rocky shore, waves crashing below. Chodowiecki uses fine lines to show wind and water, making the scene feel real. Curious about how he did it? Look up etching—the technique he used here.
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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