Man and Woman Conversing In Front of an Inn

c. 1671

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This print shows two people standing, seen from the knees up. The person on the left is turned away from us, facing the other individual. They are wearing a bonnet and a long-sleeved dress with an apron, and have a woven basket hung over one arm. The person on the right faces partially towards us but is turned slightly to the left, looking towards the other person. This person is wearing a large hat and a cloak over a buttoned vest with a ruffled collar and trousers with a wide belt. They have deep-set eyes, a large nose, and a partially open mouth. The background displays three tall buildings with pointed roofs, one of which has a sign hanging from it, tall leafy trees, and a sky with a few clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 9.6 × 7.9 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8294

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 47, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 812); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

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. 12, iii/v.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 12, iii/v.

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. 47, iii/v.

Inscriptions

in margin at bottom right, in plate: AvO; verso, upper left, in graphite by a later hand: 812; lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B.12, Dav III; lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 812; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 1/230.

Wikidata ID

Q65018489

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