Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Johann Christian Dieterich
Plate 9 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 9 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
1946.112.11228
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 "9"; below image, lower center, in plate "Wer in dieser heiligen Handlung von / euch Stirbt, der hat im Paradiese die / Martyrerkrone. / IV Aufz. 6. Auftr.". Verso: center in graphite diamond with "10140"; center in graphite "9"
Markings: CM: Claghorn