Man Paying the Landlady at an Inn

c. 1652

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This is a drawing of an indoor scene in a rustic setting. The image depicts a room with a high ceiling and wooden beams, featuring a large hearth at the center. The room is lit by natural light coming through paned windows on the left. Numerous household items are visible around the room, illustrating a lived-in space. The walls are adorned with shelves holding items such as pottery and utensils. In the foreground, two figures are engaged in an interaction near the entrance, while a group of four can be seen in the background around a table. The lines and textures capture the details of the room's architecture and furnishings, reflecting a scene from everyday life in an earlier time period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 10.5 × 8.7 cm (4 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8315

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 22, State vii/xi


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 867); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 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. 42, ix/xiv.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 42, viii/xii.

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. 22, vii/xi.

Wikidata ID

Q65018509

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