Karls VI. Königs von Frankreich merkwürdige Maskerade; Masquerade singulière de Charles VI Roi de France (The Strange Masquerade of Charles VI, King of France) Plate 2 from the series 12 Blätter zu der ältern, mittlern und neuern Geschichte (Twelve Illustrations from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History)
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, German, 1726 - 1801
1791
Etching on paper
Image: 3 3/8 × 1 15/16 in. (8.5 × 5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (21 × 37.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. R. Krystyna Dietrich in memory of Albert George Dietrich
PR.972.66.2
Publisher
Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, Gotha
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper right: 2.; inscribed, in plate, lower center: Karls VI Königs von Frankreich merkwürdige / Maskerade / Masquerade singulière de Charles VI Roi de France; Watermark, on sheet, center: [coat of arms; unidentified]
Exhibition History
Old Age Exhibit, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 5-April 11, 1983.
Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 30, 1972.
Catalogue Raisonne
E. Wormsbacher 1982/1988: nos. 1539-1550; Engelmann 1857: 663
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