Man and Woman Conversing on a Busy Village Street

c. 1648

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

The image shows two full figures, a woman and a man, standing outdoors. The woman is carrying a basket and wearing a long dress, headscarf, and apron. The man is holding a long stick or walking stick and wearing a long coat and hat. The background includes a thatched roof cottage, a tree, a figure near a water feature, and a small dog. The scene is depicted with intricate lines and textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.3 × 8.4 cm (4 1/16 × 3 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.7 × 10.8 cm (5 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.101

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 20, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Franz von Hagens, [1817 - 1899], Dresden (Lugt 1052a); (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. 37, i/v.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 37, 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. 20, i/v.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image at lower left: Avo.; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: B 37 Dav. I.; lower left, in graphite by a later hand: [inscrutable inscription] 235; bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: 1 State / 37 I-I II

Wikidata ID

Q65018522

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