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image of The Cottage Dooryard
Adriaen van Ostade (artist)
Dutch, 1610 - 1685
The Cottage Dooryard, 1673
oil on canvas
Overall: 44 x 39.5 cm (17 5/16 x 15 9/16 in.) framed: 74.3 x 69.2 x 7.6 cm (29 1/4 x 27 1/4 x 3 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.48
On View
From the Tour: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s
Object 3 of 8
1752Hoet, Gerard. Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderijen.... 2 vols. The Hague, 1752: 2(1752):196, no. 2, 206, no. 84, 528 (supplement by Pieter Terwesten, 1770; reprint ed. Soest, 1976).
1824Westmacott, C. M. British Galleries of Painting and Sculpture: Comprising a General Historical and Critical Catalogue with Separate Notices of Every Work of Fine Art in Principal Collections. London, 1824: 239.
1829Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 v ols. London, 1829-1842: 1(1829): 158, no. 188.
1838Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Works of Art and Artists in England. 3 vols. London, 1838: 146.
1854Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: being an account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, and Illuminated Mss. 3 vols. Translated from the German by Lady Eastlake. London, 1854-1857: 2(1854):119, no. 3.
1857Thoré, Théophile E. J. (William Bürger). Trésors d'art exposés à Manchester en 1857 et provenant des collections royales, des collections publiques et des collections particulières de la Grande Bretagne. Paris, 1857: 315-316, note 1.
1869Gaedertz, Theodor. Adrian van Ostade: sein Leben und seine Kunst. LĂĽbeck, 1869: 157.
1885Widener 1885-1900, 2(1900):234, repro.
1898The Hope Collection of Pictures of the Dutch and Flemish Schools with Descriptions Reprinted from the Catalogue Published in 1891 by the Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum. London, 1898: LXXVI, repro.
1907Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 3(1910):294, no. 503.
1910Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "Die Ausstellung holländischer Gemälde in New York." Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft 3 (1910): 5-12.
1910Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Old Dutch Masters Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Connection with the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1910: 16, 242, repro.
1910Wiersum, E. "Het schilderijen-kabinet van Jan Bisschop te Rotterdam." Oud-Holland 28 (Summer 1910): 161-186.
1913Widener 1913, unpaginated, repro.
1915Hind, Arthur M. Catalogue of Drawings by Dutch and Flemish Artists Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. 5 vols. London, 1915-1932: 4(1931):17.
1923Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923 (unpaginated) unpaginated, repro.
1931Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 218, repro.
1938Waldmann 1938, 335-342.
1940"Famous Widener Collection of Old Masters Given to the Nation." Art Digest 15 (1 November 1940): 11.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 55, repro.
1950Le paysage hollandais au XVIIe siecle. Exh. cat. Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuilleries, Paris, 1950: 60.
1961Bille, Clara. De tempel der Kunst; of, Het kabinet van den heer Braamcamp. 2 vols. Amsterdam, 1961: 105.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 98.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 86, repro.
1974Buist, Marten G. At Spes Non Fracta: Hope & Co. 1770-1815: Merchant Bankers and Diplomats at Work. The Hague, 1974: 492.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 256, repro.
1981Niemeijer, J. W. "De kunstverzameling van John Hope (1737-1784)." Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 32 (1981): 127-232.
1981Schnackenburg, Bernhard. Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle: Gesamtdarstellung mit Werkkatalogen. 2 vols. Hamburg, 1981: 1:127.
1982Clark, H. Nichols B. "A Fresh Look at the Art of Francis W. Edmonds: Dutch Sources and American Meanings." The American Art Journal 14 (Summer 1982): 73-94.
1982Clark, H. Nichols B. "A Taste for the Netherlands: The Impact of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Genre Painting on American Art, 1800-1860." The American Art Journal 14 (Spring 1982): 23-38, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 287, no. 375, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 295, repro.
1986Sutton 1986, 308-309.
1990Broos, Ben P. J., et al. Great Dutch Paintings from America. Exh. cat. Mauritshuis, The Hague; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Hague and Zwoll, 1990: no. 47.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 187-191, color repro. 189.

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