7.2019.30: Peasant Interior

Identification and Creation

Object Number

7.2019.30

People

Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch (Haarlem 1610 - 1685 Haarlem)
Previously attributed to Isaac van Ostade, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1621 - 1649 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Peasant Interior

Other Titles

Former Title: A Drinking Scene with a Woman Feeding her Child from a Bowl

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/77440

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and gray-brown wash on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

17.3 × 21.2 cm (6 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, brown ink: v. ostade. f.
• label: on backing board, printed and handwritten text, round: [printed:] SOTHEBY'S / FOUNDED 1744 / [handwritten, black ballpoint] 15-11-95 / [printed:] Lot / No / [handwritten, black ballpoint:] 182

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 16, 1995, lot 182 as by Isack van Ostade (sic)]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift

Accession Year

2019

Object Number

7.2019.30

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, November 15, 1995), lot no. 182, repr.

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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