Two Peasants Outside a House, the Woman Winding Wool

c. 1671

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

The image shows two individuals outside a building. The first person, seated on a bench, is visible from the waist up. They are slightly hunched over, interacting with something in their hands. This seated person appears to be an older individual, wearing a headscarf and a long garment. The second person is standing, facing the seated person, with most of their body visible except for the lower legs. This standing individual wears a hat, a thick coat or jacket, and holds a tall stick. Their facial features are not clearly defined, as the person is looking downwards toward the seated individual. The background setting presents a rustic scene with a building featuring leaded glass windows and creeping plants along the walls. Planks and domestic items, like what looks like a broom or brush, are scattered around, indicating a domestic or rustic outdoor setting, with chickens roaming freely across the ground.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.7 × 7.8 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 11.6 × 9.6 cm (4 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8302

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 45, State iv/v


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Karl Eduard von Liphart [1808-1891], Dupart, Bonn, and Florence (Lugt 1687); Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?], Berlin (Lugt 654); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 834); 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. 25, v/vi.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 25, v/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. 45, iv/v.

Inscriptions

in plate, in image at lower right: AvO; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: B 25, Dav III; lower center, in graphite by a later hand: remarkably fine; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: 834; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: [passed?]

Wikidata ID

Q65018497

You may be interested in

Loading Results