{"id":25769,"date":"2024-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:47:12","slug":"follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/","title":{"rendered":"Follies of life &#8211; Daniel Chodowi\u00e9cki, 1783"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong><em>Centifolium Stultorum<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;Hundredfold Folly&#8221; or &#8220;Hundred Flowers of Fools&#8221;), complete series of 12 copper engravings published in the &#8220;<em>Goettinger Taschen Calender vom Jahr <strong>1783<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; made by <strong>Daniel Chodowi\u00e9cki<\/strong>. COloured by a later hand. Size: each approx. 9 x 5 cm.<\/p>\n<p>This cheerful series of prints was created during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Age_of_Enlightenment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Age of Enlightenment<\/a>, in which rationalists were convinced that knowledge and reason were superior to tradition and belief. Rational thinking was believed to lead to progress. With caricatural playfulness, the follies (&#8216;<em>les fous<\/em>&#8216;) are targeted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astrological folly<\/li>\n<li>Superstitious folly<\/li>\n<li>April folly<\/li>\n<li>Imaginary illness<\/li>\n<li>Rebellious folly<\/li>\n<li>Building mania<\/li>\n<li>The braggart<\/li>\n<li>Credit folly<\/li>\n<li>Compliments folly<\/li>\n<li>Foolish in love<\/li>\n<li>Those who follow the almanac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Nikolaus Chodowi\u00e9cki (1726 Danzig-1801 Berlin) was a popular German draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and printmaker. Chodowi\u00e9cki&#8217;s father came from an aristocratic Polish family that had been established in Danzig since 1550. His mother was a Swiss Huguenot. Daniel&#8217;s brother shared his love for the arts; he was a miniaturist.<\/p>\n<p>Chodowi\u00e9cki achieved his first successes as an illustrator of almanacs and calendars. Later, his engravings made him famous worldwide. For the creation of his extensive graphic oeuvre (approximately 2300 engravings\/etchings), Chodowi\u00e9cki used the services of assistants. From 1764, Chodowi\u00e9cki was a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prussian_Academy_of_Arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Prussian Academy of Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Price: SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Centifolium Stultorum&#8221; (&#8220;Hundredfold Folly&#8221; or &#8220;Hundred Flowers of Fools&#8221;), complete series of 12 copper engravings published in the &#8220;Goettinger Taschen Calender vom Jahr 1783&#8221; made by Daniel Chodowi\u00e9cki. COloured by a later hand. Size: each approx. 9 x 5 cm. This cheerful series of prints was created during the Age of Enlightenment, in which rationalists [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1397],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-25769","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-chodowiecki-daniel-1726-1801","product_cat-sold","first","outofstock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>follies according to the Age of Enlightenment 18th century<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"follies of life according to the Age of Enlightenment original 18th century engravings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"follies according to the Age of Enlightenment 18th century\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"follies of life according to the Age of Enlightenment original 18th century engravings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inter Antiquariaat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-05T13:47:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1535\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/\",\"name\":\"follies according to the Age of Enlightenment 18th century\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-07T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-05T13:47:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"follies of life according to the Age of Enlightenment original 18th century engravings\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1535,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antiques\\\/sold\\\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Antique maps, prints and drawings\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/antique-maps-prints-and-drawings\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Follies of life &#8211; Daniel Chodowi\u00e9cki, 1783\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Inter Antiquariaat\",\"description\":\"Antique maps, prints and drawings\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"follies according to the Age of Enlightenment 18th century","description":"follies of life according to the Age of Enlightenment original 18th century engravings","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"follies according to the Age of Enlightenment 18th century","og_description":"follies of life according to the Age of Enlightenment original 18th century engravings","og_url":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/","og_site_name":"Inter Antiquariaat","article_modified_time":"2026-06-05T13:47:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1535,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/","url":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/","name":"follies according to the Age of Enlightenment 18th century","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-07T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-05T13:47:12+00:00","description":"follies of life according to the Age of Enlightenment original 18th century engravings","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Dwaasheden-Les-Fous-Daniel-Chodowiecki-1783-scaled-1-1.jpg","width":1535,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/follies-des-levens-daniel-chodowiecki-1783\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Antique maps, prints and drawings","item":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antique-maps-prints-and-drawings\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Follies of life &#8211; Daniel Chodowi\u00e9cki, 1783"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/","name":"Inter Antiquariaat","description":"Antique maps, prints and drawings","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/25769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=25769"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=25769"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=25769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}