Peasants Lunching in Open Air

Esaias van de Velde I

Associated Names
Esaias van de Velde I

Artist, Dutch, 1587 - 1630

Claes Jansz Visscher

Publisher, Dutch, 1586/1587 - 1652

The image shows a group of five men around a small table outdoors. Their distinct features and clothing typical of the time are visible. They are seated on makeshift stools, with two men standing and conversing. In the background, more people are gathered around a village fair or market, with a tall church steeple in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8233

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 5, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 1161); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • "The Early Modern Painter-Etcher", Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 2006, no. 22.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger

Wikidata ID

Q65019867

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