Pilgrimage to the Französisch Bucholz Spa near Berlin (1779): Artwork and History

Pilgrimage to the Französisch Bucholz Spa near Berlin (1779) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki German, 1726-1801.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

The caption reads: "The artist had promised his children a Sunday trip to the Französisch Bucholz—at that time a frequently visited pleasure spot—but the trip was cancelled because of the streaming rain and the carriage that failed to show up. To make up to them for the cancelled trip, he drew up a delightful image of the trip as planned, and the various family members can be identified therein."

Object facts

• Title: Pilgrimage to the Französisch Bucholz Spa near Berlin
• Date: 1779
• Artist attribution: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki German, 1726-1801
• Place of origin: Germany
• Medium: Etching and engraving on cream laid paper
• Dimensions: Image/plate: 12.8 × 17.6 cm (5 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 21 cm (6 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1924.798.127

Collection credit

Gift of Alfred E. Hamill

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