Daniel Nikolans Chodowiecki, a German painter and engraver, born in Dantzic, Oct. 10, 1726, died in Berlin, Feb. 7, 1801. He was at first engaged in trade in Dantzic and Berlin, but devoted his leisure to the practice of art, and in 1754 he set up as a miniature painter with considerable success. In 1756 he betook himself to etching, chiefly from his own designs, and acquired a reputation equal if not superior to that of any artist of his age in Europe. In 1704 he was appointed rector of the royal academy of arts at Berlin, in 1788 vice director, and in 1709 director. He was very industrious, and labored incessantly till within a few weeks of his death. His prints numbered about 2,000, but they were generally small and executed for booksellers and newspapers. His subjects are chiefly illustrative of incidents in common life and history, and are remarkable for their expression. Of his oil paintings, the "Blind Man's Buff" and the " Cock Fight" are in the Berlin museum, and the "Resting Place" in the museum of Leipsic. Jacobi, a printseller of Berlin, published a complete catalogue of his prints in 1814. There is another in Heineken's "Dictionary," arranged according to the subjects. - His son Wiliielm (1705-1805) was also a distinguished engraver.

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