Accession number
PML 4350.23
Creator
Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685.
Published
[Netherlands?] : [publisher not identified], [1653]
Notes
Title and suggested date from Everyday life in Holland's golden age (catalogue of the complete etchings of Adriaen van Ostade by S.W. Pelletier & L.J. Slatke).
A later state, with the vertical lines extending into the seat of the bench at far left, added in state VI, present but barely visible, probably due to wear or later reworking.
Mounted as item 23 into an album of 63 etchings by van Ostade, evidently created by collecter Achille Seilliere (PML 4350).
With artist's signature and date of "1653" within the plate at bottom left.
A later state, with the vertical lines extending into the seat of the bench at far left, added in state VI, present but barely visible, probably due to wear or later reworking.
Mounted as item 23 into an album of 63 etchings by van Ostade, evidently created by collecter Achille Seilliere (PML 4350).
With artist's signature and date of "1653" within the plate at bottom left.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 113 x 143 mm; plate mark 127 x 145 mm; sheet: 138 x 156 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
With a note by former owner in pencil on sheet below mounted print: Adriaen van Ostade. Epreuve tirée avant les tailles diagonales sur la partie ombrées du dos l'homme qui cherche à retenir un des combattants, et avant quelques autres travaux.
Provenance
From the library of Baron Achille Seilliere; Pierpont Morgan.
Summary
Print shows three men brawling with knives over a game of cards, as a woman seated with a small child in her lap looks on in alarm.
Classification
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