Peasant Interior with a Dancing Couple

mid-/late 17th century

Jonas Suyderhoff, after Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Jonas Suyderhoff

Artist, Dutch, c. 1613 - 1686

Justus Danckerts

Publisher, Dutch, 1635 - 1701

Adriaen van Ostade

Artist After, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

The image shows a gathering of people in a room. Most are seated while some are standing, engaging with each other. They are dressed in historic attire appropriate for a domestic or tavern setting, with details such as caps or hats. The room has wooden beams overhead, with various items like pots, pans, and tools on the walls. A cupboard with utensils is visible, and a dog is present near a dish on the floor. Light streams through a window with patterned panes in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen and Claudine Ostrow

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45 × 38 cm (17 11/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.184.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 27, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stephen and Claudine Ostrow, Silver Spring, MD; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Blaricum: Van Gendt B.V., 1984; vol. XXVIII, no. 27, iii/iii.

Inscriptions

in plate, in margin below image, at left: A. Ostaden pinxit.; in plate, in margin below image, at center: J. Suyderhoef Sculpsit.; in plate, in margin below image, at right: Justus Danckerts excudit. - Cum Privel: Ordin. Hollandiae et West Frisiae.

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