Man and Woman Conversing in Front of an Inn

c. 1671

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

The image shows two individuals engaged in conversation. One person is depicted from behind, wearing a bonnet and a dress with long sleeves. The other person is facing forward, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a cloak. The person on the right has slightly aged facial features and is holding a basket. The background includes trees, a small building, and a cloudy sky. The scene is illustrated with detailed lines and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.6 × 7.9 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 9.8 × 8.1 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.100

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 47, State i/v

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. 12, i/v.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 12, i/v.

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. 47, i/v.

Inscriptions

in margin at bottom right, in plate: AvO; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: B.12 [?]

Markings

Lugt 1932d

Wikidata ID

Q65018521

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