About this artwork
Adriaen van Ostade was a prolific Haarlem painter and etcher of genre scenes that ranged from illustrations of raucous peasant feasts to depictions of working class family life. As an etcher, he was second only to Rembrandt van Rijn in his productivity and the collectability of his work; his prints range from the antic Merrymakers in an Inn (1894.1028) to the calmer Woman Spinning. Even the pigs at the bottom left of this image are lazy observers of the peaceful scene.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Adriaen van Ostade
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Title
- The Woman Spinning
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Place
- Holland (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Made 1652
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Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 13.5 × 17.3 cm (5 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 17.6 cm (5 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.6 × 21.8 cm (6 9/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Stanley Field Endowment
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Reference Number
- 1962.800
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/15215/manifest.json
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