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Calas’ Farewell to his Family

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Calas’ Farewell to his Family

1767

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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Calas’ Farewell to his Family

1767

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (cut within platemark): 340 x 443 mm. (13 3/8 x 17 7/16 in.) Image: 298 x 423 mm. (11 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.11232

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower center, in plate "LES ADIEUX DE CALAS, A SA FAMILLE / je crains Dieu__________et n'ai point d'autre crainte. / Racine Trag. d'Athalie"; below image, lower right, in plate "Inv. peint & Gravé par D. Chodowiecki a Berlin. 1768". Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "10139"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

1725–1800

German, born Poland, 1726-1801
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