Peasant Family Entertained by a Fiddler with a Hunchback

c. 1652

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This is a drawing of a village scene with buildings, people, and vegetation. The architecture includes rough walls, lattice windows, thatched roofs, wooden beams, and stairs. People are engaged in everyday activities near a doorway. A stone structure in the background contrasts with the lush vegetation. The drawing is detailed, showing historical village life through precise lines and shadow play.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.2 × 10.7 cm (6 × 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 16.4 × 11.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8316

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 24, State ii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil [1778-1864], Paris [1]; (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 10 May 1929, no. 840); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] Collector's mark is not present but Dumesnil Collection provenance is cited in subsequent auction catalogue

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. 44, iv/vi.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 44, iv/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. 24, ii/iv.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image at lower left: A. v. ostade.; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: Fauch. 44, II Dav. III (von V) / B.44 / 840 [encircled]; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: ex [?]

Wikidata ID

Q65018510

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