1798
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Voyage to Paris is a 1798 ink by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows four people in a dimly lit room with a rough stone floor. A woman in a long robe stands on the left, holding a child’s hand. Two seated figures—one in a fur-lined cloak, the other in a loose jacket—lean toward her. A third person sits in the background, half-hidden. The walls are bare, and a single candle flickers on a table. The artist used shading to create depth, focusing on the woman’s outstretched arm and the seated figures’ expressions. The scene feels tense, like a quiet moment full of unspoken meaning. Next, look up etching to see how artists like this one used ink and metal plates to make 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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