The Devotee of Solitude, Chodowiecki engraving, 1779

A man in a tricorn hat and long coat stands at the open doorway of a half-timbered house, looking toward a path where a small figure walks beside a fence. Below the scene, four lines of German verse are printed in italic type, in a fine stipple and line engraving on paper.

Artist

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Date

1779

Medium

Stipple and line engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

821 × 1280 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum