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    Artist

  • Chodowiecki, G., (Gottfried), 1728-1781

    • Title

  • Marie Madelaine Jordan née le 11 Juillet 1707

    • Other Title(s)

  • Marie Madelaine Jordan born the 11 July 1707

  • Physical Description

    1 print : hand-colored etching ; 15.24 x 23 cm. ; 6.0 x 8.75 in. +, frame (10.25 x 12.5 in.)

  • Date

    Between 1754 and 1781

  • Notes

    Image had been glued to brown mat paper. Written on mat: "dessiné d'après nature par G. Chodowieck le 11 Juillet" [Drawn from nature by G. Chodowiecki, 11 July]. Captioned below: "Marie Madelaine Jordan née le 11 Juillet 1707". The date may be a misprint, as Chodowiecki lived between 1728-1781. Also, the word "dessiné" includes a ligature, which should include two long S's in the middle of the word as opposed to just one.

  • Summary

    Scene depicts a mother in bed following childbirth, visited by her husband who sits in a chair next to the bed. On the left, the baby is bathed by an attending woman, while another woman prepares blankets.

  • Subject

    Eighteenth century; Infants; Mothers

  • Medium

    Prints; Etchings

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Biographical/Historical Information

Gottfried Chodowiecki (1728 Gdansk - 1781 Berlin) was a German painter and draftsman and the younger brother of Daniel Chodowiecki. The two brothers moved to Berlin in 1741 to be educated by their uncle. In 1754, Gottfried gave up working as a merchant to concentrate on his artistic career. He was a miniaturist and enameler, though he never gained such popularity as his brother, Daniel, who eventually employed him at his workshop as one of many assistant engravers. Their greatest joint achievement were illustrations to Johann Bernhard Basedow's "Elementartwerk," published in 1770. They were etched by Gottfried according to sketches prepared by Daniel.

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Chodowiecki, G.: Marie Madelaine Jordan née le 11 Juillet 1707, Leo Baeck Institute, 2007.55.