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The image is a triptych with different scenes. Left panel: Two figures standing and kneeling facing each other. Both wear coats, knee-length breeches, and tricorn hats, in front of an ornate patterned wall. Middle panel: Two figures, one standing and gesturing, the other seated and pointing. Both wear elaborate coats and hats with faint figures and signs of combat behind them in a smoky setting. Right panel: A person on horseback with a cocked hat, handing an object to a standing man. Soldiers with spears stand in formation in the background.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Anecdotes of King Frederik II
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
- Date
- 1793
- Medium
- set of three etchings in proof states with remarques, printed on one sheet of laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 11.1 x 20 cm (4 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 12.3 x 22.5 cm (4 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2009.102.4
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Battle
- Horse
- Figures
- Writing
- Smoke
Inscription
lower left verso in graphite: E 714 / 2230010002; at lower edges of images: Fridrich II belohnt die kindliche Liebe eines Pagen... / ...Friedrich II schenkt einem braven Korporal seine Uhr. / Anecd. VI Saml. 78 S.
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