Two Singers and a Fiddler in an Interior

c. 1652

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This is a drawing of two people sitting at a table in discussion, with a third playing the violin behind them. The drawing is rendered in a monochrome style using a red-brown ink. The scene captures a moment of interaction, with one person holding a book and gazing at it while the other appears to be listening, holding a tall goblet. The background shows a rustic interior with bare wooden floors and walls. The presence of the violinist adds a sense of music to the atmosphere. There is attention to textures and patterns in the clothing and wooden surfaces.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, in red on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.6 x 9.6 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.8 x 19.5 cm (9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.39.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 23, State vii/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunsthandlung Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2002 by NGA.

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. 30, viii/x.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 30, viii/x.

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. 23, vii/ix.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image at lower right: Av.O; bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: 30

Wikidata ID

Q76335106

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