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The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy

A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.

Date:

1654/56

Artist:

Adriaen van Ostade
Dutch, 1610-1685

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Adriaen van Ostade

Title

The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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1649–1661

Medium

Etching in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 14.9 × 12.7 cm (5 7/8 × 5 in.); Plate: 15.6 × 13.2 cm (6 3/16 × 5 1/4 in.); Sheet: 16.1 × 13.5 cm (6 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1938.1676

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