Peasant Family in an Interior wtih the Father Feeding a Child

1648

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This is a drawing of a domestic interior scene featuring various household items. The drawing depicts the inside of a modest, rustic home with a visible bed in the background, covered neatly with blankets. To the side, there is a small table with a lamp and other household objects placed on it. The composition includes a cooking area with a hanging pot and cooking utensils nearby. The floor has pieces of cloth or garments casually placed or discarded. The year '1648' is inscribed, and the style features intricate linework typical of historical pen drawings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 12.3 × 9.1 cm (4 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8308

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 15, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Wickert [d. 1918], Paris (Lugt 2570); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d and Lugt 1760b), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 87, repro.

1962

  • Installation during Fine Art Festival, American River College, Sacramento, CA, 1962, no cat.

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. 33, ii/vi.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 33, ii/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. 15, i/iv.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image at bottom right: Av ostade 1648; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: Ostade La Pere de Famille / B33 - 1er etat; lower left, in black ink by a later hand: Ch. Wickert No64 [collector's mark]; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: EE30 / E023; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: 8; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand:5; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 350 [underlined]; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand:14892

Wikidata ID

Q65018503

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