Ferdinands vader besluit dat Ferdinand met Lady Milford moet trouwen 1785

This 1785 etching by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki depicts a scene from the play "Stella" by German playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. In this particular scene, the father of Ferdinand is seen instructing his son to marry Lady Milford. The work is part of a series of etchings illustrating Lessing's play and is an excellent example of Chodowiecki's skill in conveying narrative through graphic art. The etching's small size, only 113 mm in height and 66 mm in width, accentuates the intimacy of the scene. It is held in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.