Village Kermesse with Drinkers Under a Tree

c. 1652

Adriaen van Ostade

Associated Names
Adriaen van Ostade

Artist, Dutch, 1610 - 1685

The image shows a village scene with several people gathered along a dirt path. In the distance, a church tower emerges among trees. To the right, a large tree spreads its branches over a group of people engaged in interactions by a thatched-roof building. The building's roof is adorned with a flowing flag. The etching technique highlights intricate lines for texture on foliage, clothing, and structures. The color palette is monochrome, emphasizing contrast between light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.3 x 22.6 cm (4 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 12.8 x 23 cm (5 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.254

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 27, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Studdy Theobald [1847-1934], London (Lugt 1375); Mrs. Addie Burr Clark [1868-1946], New York (Lugt 80a); gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Scenes of Daily Life: Genre Prints from the Housebook Master to Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996.

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. 48, ii/iii.

1990

  • Godefroy, Louis. The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade. San Francisco, 1990: no. 48, ii/iv.

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. 27, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

in plate, within image on banner at right: Av. O; verso, top center in graphite by a later hand: D 48 I / [?] 8; lower center, in graphite by a later hand: D. 48; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: M621

Wikidata ID

Q65066901

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