Knifegrinder at Work Outside a Cobbler's Workshop

c. 1653

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

This is a drawing of a person sharpening a tool with a grinding wheel outside a rustic building. The scene features intricate line work, capturing a detailed outdoor setting. The central focus is on the person sharpening the tool. They are wearing heavy clothing relevant to older times. The building next to them has an archway and a small window. Additional figures and nature elements in the background contribute to the village-like atmosphere. The artist's signature is visible in the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.5 × 7.4 cm (3 3/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 9.1 × 8.2 cm (3 9/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.99

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 38, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Richard H. Zinser, Forest Hills, NY); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d), 1945; gift to NGA, 1945..

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. 36, i/iii.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 36, i/iii.

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. 38, i/iii.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image at bottom right: Av. ostade; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B. 36 Dav. [?] S.I

Wikidata ID

Q65018519

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