Chodowiecki, Daniel (Danzig 1726 – Berlin 1801). Blind-Man’s Buff. – Blindekuhspiel. A gentleman together with a lady amidst a numerous party in a manorial garden below of ancient stature. On the right poplar walk, on the left the house. Steel engraving by Albert Henry Payne (London 1812 – Leipsic 1902). Ca. 1845. Inscribed: D. Chodowiecki pinxt. / A. H. Payne sc., otherwise as above. 17.7 x 20.2 cm.
The larger-sized very charming sujet of 1768 in the succession of Watteau
after the lost painting in Berlin (Bernhard, Verlorene Werke der Malerei, p. 15).
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