. Art and artists of our time . THE OFFICERS CHODOWIECKI. TWO GIRLS. BY CHODOWIECKI. Ziethen, old and infirm, sitting, while he, the King, stands and talks to him, both theseplates are interesting from their subjects, but they are of no great artistic value. The repro-duction of the Painter and his Family which Ave publish, is interesting, as a direct copyfrom the rare original plate as well as for its subject. We see the artist sitting at his smaUtable by the window, the curtain drawn aside for more light, and held in its place by theback of the chair, while he draws the
. Art and artists of our time . THE OFFICERS CHODOWIECKI. TWO GIRLS. BY CHODOWIECKI. Ziethen, old and infirm, sitting, while he, the King, stands and talks to him, both theseplates are interesting from their subjects, but they are of no great artistic value. The repro-duction of the Painter and his Family which Ave publish, is interesting, as a direct copyfrom the rare original plate as well as for its subject. We see the artist sitting at his smaUtable by the window, the curtain drawn aside for more light, and held in its place by theback of the chair, while he draws the miniature of his little daughter, seated with the fourother children at a large table near their father. The long wall of the room that faces us ishung vsdth pictures, small and large, of which we see thii-teen either in whole or in part, andthere are consoles also supporting casts. On the floor leaning against the wall there are big ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. 255 portfolios, and on a pier table at tlie right, under a mirror,
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