Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Johann Christian Dieterich
Plate 1 from Marie-Joseph Chénier’s “Bartholomäusnacht” for the “Göttinger Taschenkalender fur das Jahr 1791”
1789
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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Johann Christian Dieterich
Plate 1 from Marie-Joseph Chénier’s “Bartholomäusnacht” for the “Göttinger Taschenkalender fur das Jahr 1791”
1789
Physical Qualities
Etching, Mount: 455 x 320 mm. (17 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 90 x 57 mm. (3 9/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.11220
One of a series of twelve illustrations to Marie-Joseph Chénier's "Bartholomäusnacht" for a Göttingen pocket calendar ("Göttinger Taschenkalender") for the year 1791. The complete set is in the Garrett collection (1946.112.1120 - 1946.112.11231).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: above image, upper right, in plate "1"; below image, lower center, in plate "Ihr kennt mein Herz, ihr wisst dass / es ohne Misstrauen ist. / Carl IX oder die Bartholomaeus Nacht. / 1 Aufz. 2 Auftr."; below image, lower left, in plate "D. Chodowiecki f.". Verso: center in graphite diamond with "10140"; lower center in graphite "630."
Markings: CM: Claghorn