Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
The Brain of a Painter

Public Domain

CultureGerman

Titles

Date1792

MediumEtching on laid paper

Dimensions45 × 85 mm
Plate or block: 1 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (4.4 × 8.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 11/16 in. (11.4 × 14.4 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2000.19

Not on view

Department

Object Type

Provenance[C. G. Boerner, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2000.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscriptions: above image: La Cervelle d'un peintre; lower center (in reverse): D. Chki 1792

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