Peasants Outside an Inn Entertained by Musicians with a Flute and a Drum

c. 1653

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This is a drawing of a rustic outdoor scene. The scene features a group of individuals gathered outside a rustic building. One large figure is interacting with a smaller figure, another figure leans against the building. The building has visible architectural details such as wooden beams, a small window with a lattice design, a thatched roof, and plates or signs above the door. In the background, there are trees. The shadows and textures are rendered with hatching, and the artist's signature, "Arthade," is visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.4 × 8.7 cm (4 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.9 × 9.3 cm (4 5/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8311

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 37, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Philipe [c. 1740-1816], London and Edinburgh (Lugt 2451a); Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch [1806-1884], London and Dalkeith (Lugt 402); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Godefroy, Louis. L'Oeuvre gravée de Adriaen van Ostade. Paris, 1930: no. 38, iv/vi.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1964; vol. XV, no. 38, iv/vi.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Adriaen van Ostade, Paolo Giordani and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2023: no. 37, iii/v.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image at lower left: Av. ostade; verso, center, in graphite by a later hand: D.38; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: [?] Busch / B 38 Dav III / 857

Wikidata ID

Q65018505

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