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Daniel Chodowiecki – The Polonica

Chodowiecki portrays the Prince-Primate, Danzig 1773. Collotype from: From Berlin to Danzig. An artist’s journey in the year 1773 by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin 1895
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“Despite his Polish father and his Polish family name, and despite his French grandmother Chodowiecki was unmistakably an artist from Northern Germany. Thanks to his many thousand drawings and cameo engravings he became one of the greatest reporters of his time in Germany.” Thus begins a small volume about the graphic artist and engraver Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801) that was published precisely 100 years ago. Indeed, all three nations regard him as one of their own. Born in Danzig (Gdansk), he lived and worked in Berlin from 1743 onwards. With his drawings of his journey to Danzig in 1773 and his more than 20 etchings he created “Polonica”, i.e. motifs with Polish portraits. He was buried in Berlin in the cemetery of the French Reformed Church in Chausseestraße.

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  • Ill. 1: Chodowiecki’s Grave - Grave of honour in the cemetery of the French Reformed parish, Berlin.
  • Ill. 2: Cabinet d’un peintre [Cabinet of a painter] - Etching, 18 x 23 cm. Depicted is part of Chodowiecki's family.
  • Ill. 3: In a Kashubian village - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk. An artist's journey ..., Berlin 1895.
  • Ill. 4: In the stable of the Donnemörse post office - Collotype from: From Berlin to Danzig.
  • Ill. 5: Country house with chapel near Oliva - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 6: On the suburban moat in Gdansk - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 7: A Catholic priest - Collotype from: From Berlin to Danzig.
  • Ill. 8: Two Carmelite Monks - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 9: In the stables of a noble Pole - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Abb. 10: On the side of the "English House" - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 11: A visit to Kaufmann Gerdes - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 12: A monk. Rear view - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 13: Three Polish raftsmen - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 14: Kneeling woman with prayer book and fan in the Dominican church - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 15: People praying in the Dominican Church - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 16: Praying woman with rosary - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 17: Chodowiecki portrays the voivode Przebendowska - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 18: Chodowiecki portrays the prince primate - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 19: The Voivode Przebendowski - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 20: Chodowiecki draws the prince primate - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 21:Miss Ledóchowska - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 22: Chodowiecki portrays the Countess Czapska - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 23: Half-length portraits of Miss Chrzaszczewska and Father Matthy - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 24: Miss Chrzaszczewska - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 25: The Prince-Primate - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 26: Chodowiecki draws Madame Öhmchen - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 27: Countess Podoska and Chevalier du Bouloir - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 28: Lunch with the prince primate - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 29: Starost Ledóchowski and Countess Podoska - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 30: A woman praying in the Dominican church - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 31: Praying, kneeling woman - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 32: Kneeling in the church - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 33: Standing woman in cape - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 34: Miss Gousseau kisses the hand of a Dominican priest - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 35: The younger Miss Ledóchowska and Miss Gousseau - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 36: Madame Öhmchen - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 37: Strażnik Czapski and Starostin Ledóchowska - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 38: In the Dominican Church - Collotype, from: From Berlin to Gdansk.
  • Ill. 39: Three Polish Figures - Etching.
  • Ill. 40: Der Polnische Vlies / L’esclave Polonnois - Etching, from: Marriage Proposals, 2nd sequence, print 1; Pocketbook for Usage and Pleasure for the year 1782, Göttingen 1782.
  • Ill. 41: Title copper to Krasicki's rejuvenated old man - Etching, from: A found story by Ignacy Krasicki, 1785.
  • Ill. 42: The Eye of Providence - Etching. Vignette for a prayer, "ordered by the priest Thomas Grem in Bertung near Allenstein in the Ermeland diocese..."
  • Ill. 43: Forcible abduction of the King of Poland Stanislaus Augustus in 1771 - Etching, in: Portraits from the new history, 1790.
  • Ill. 44: The Polish Diet of 1789 - Etching, in: Portraits.
  • Ill. 45: The new Polish Constitution - Etching, in: Begebenheiten aus der neueren Zeitgeschichte [...], Göttingen 1793.
  • Ill. 46: The celebration of Poland's great revolution - Etching, in: Sechs Blätter zur neueren Geschichte [...] 1793.
  • Ill. 47: Conference with the King of Poland concerning the conquest of Moravia - Etching, in: Twelve Prints on Brandenburg History, 1794.
  • Ill. 48: The piast and his wife are hosting two unknown travellers - Etching, in: Six Prints on the History of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 49: Boleslaw II compels Polish women to carry small dogs at their breast - Etching, in: Six Prints on the History of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 50: Knights of the Teutonic Order - Etching, in: Six prints on the history of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 51: Rafał Leszczyński reminds King Sigismund August that he is only the first citizen of the state - Etching, in: Six Prints on the History of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 52: Sobieski regains the booty robbed by the Tartars - Etching, in: Six Prints on the History of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 53: Sobieski terminates the boring conversation with Leopold on the plain near Vienna in 1683 - Etching, in: Six Prints on the History of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 54: Casimir the Great falls during a stag hunt and dies - Etching, in: Six Prints on the history of Poland, 1796.
  • Ill. 55: Duke Konrad of Masovia challenges King Johann Albrecht to a duel - Etching, in: Six Prints on the history of Poland, 1797.
  • Ill. 56: The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order let interrogate Luther - Etching, in: Six Prints on the history of Poland (Conclusion), 1797.
  • Ill. 57: A brawl between two Senators in which a third man is killed - Etching, in: 6 prints on the history of Poland 1797.
  • Ill. 58: Religious dialogue in Thorn - Etching, in: 6 sheets on the history of Poland 1797.
  • Ill. 59: Stanisław Leszczyński flees in disguise from Gdansk to Marienwerder - Etching, in: 6 sheets on the history of Poland 1797.
  • Ill. 60: Suwarow before Prague - Etching, in: 8 sheets on the history of Catherine II, 1798.
  • Between Bach and Goethe - Daniel Chodowiecki on a wall relief at the entrance to the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin (detail).
  • Between Bach and Goethe 2 - Larger detail of the relief.
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Chodowiecki portrays the Prince-Primate, Danzig 1773. Collotype from: From Berlin to Danzig. An artist’s journey in the year 1773 by Daniel Chodowiecki.
Chodowiecki portrays the Prince-Primate, Danzig 1773. Collotype from: From Berlin to Danzig. An artist’s journey in the year 1773 by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin 1895
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Further reading:

Wilhelm Engelmann: Daniel Chodowiecki’s sämmtliche Kupferstiche, beschrieben, mit historischen, literarischen und bibliographischen Nachweisungen, der Lebensbeschreibung des Künstlers und Registern versehen, Leipzig 1857 (in the Internet: Digital collections of the University library in Weimar)

Von Berlin nach Danzig. Eine Künstlerfahrt im Jahre 1773 von Daniel Chodowiecki. Faksimiledrucke nach den in der kgl. Akademie der Künste zu Berlin aufbewahrten Originalzeichnungen Chodowiecki’s, nebst kurzen erläuternden Notizen nach seinen eigenen Aufzeichnungen, Berlin (1883)

Von Berlin nach Danzig. Eine Künstlerfahrt im Jahre 1773 von Daniel Chodowiecki. 108 Lichtdrucke nach den Originalen in der Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Mit erläuterndem Text und einer Einführung von Professor Dr. W. von Oettingen, Berlin: Amsler & Ruthardt, Kunsthändler, (1895)

Chodowiecki. Zwischen Rokoko und Romantik. Mit 76 Abbildungen gewählt und eingeleitet von Professor E.W. Bredt, München o.J. [1916]

Jens-Heiner Bauer: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Das druckgraphische Werk. Die Sammlung Wilhelm Burggraf zu Dohna-Schlobitten. Ein Bildband mit 2340 Abbildungen in Ergänzung zum Werkverzeichnis von Wilhelm Engelmann, Hannover 1982

Elżbieta Budzińska: Daniel Chodowiecki und Polen, in: Hans Rothe/Andrzej Ryszkiewicz (Herausgeber), Chodowiecki und die Kunst der Aufklärung in Polen und Preußen. Vorträge der 4. Internationalen Konferenz des „Komitees“ vom 30.11. bis zum 3.XII.1983 in Wolfenbüttel (Schriften des Komitees der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zur Förderung der slawischen Studien, 9), Köln, Wien 1986

Elisabeth Wormsbächer: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki. Erklärungen und Erläuterungen zu seinen Radierungen. Ein Ergänzungsband zum Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, herausgegeben von Jens-Heiner Bauer, Hannover 1988

Daniel Chodowiecki. Die Reise von Berlin nach Danzig. 1. Das Tagebuch. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Claude Keisch, herausgegeben und erläutert von Willi Geismeier. 2. Die Bilder, herausgegeben und erläutert von Willi Geismeier (Deutsche Bibliothek des Ostens), Berlin 1994

Maria Bogucka: Chodowiecki, seine Familie und Danzig, in: Ernst Hinrichs/Klaus Zernack (Herausgeber), Daniel Chodowiecki (1726-1801). Kupferstecher, Illustrator, Kaufmann (Wolfenbütteler Studien zur Aufklärung, 22), Tübingen 1997, Seite 23-42

Helmut Börsch-Supan: Chodowiecki, Daniel, in: Saur Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, Bd. 18, München, Leipzig 1998 (umfangreiche Literaturliste bis 1997)

Irena Urbanowska: Polonica im Leben und Werk Daniel Chodowieckis, in: Polnisch-deutsche Wechselbeziehungen im zweiten Millennium, herausgegeben von Jan Papiór, Band 1: Zur polnisch-deutschen Kulturkommunikation in der Geschichte. Materialien, Bydgoszcz 2001, Seite 154-164

Daniel Chodowieckis Reise von Berlin nach Danzig im Jahre 1773. Daniela Chodowieckiego podróż z Berlina do Gdańska w 1773 roku, Ausstellungs-Katalog Uphagen-Haus, Danzig / Dom Uphagena. Oddział Muzeum Historycznego Miasta Gdańska, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Berlin 2001


Online:

Animated documentary "'Chodowiecki' - a short animation on Daniel Chodowiecki" on YouTube (polish with english subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZ6NZ5kick&feature=youtu.be

Chodowiecki portrays the Prince-Primate, Danzig 1773. Collotype from: From Berlin to Danzig. An artist’s journey in the year 1773 by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin 1895
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