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The Chat (Het Zoute Scholletje)

A work made of etching and engraving on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching and engraving on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1653

Artist:

Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)
after Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1685)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Cornelis Visscher

Title

The Chat (Het Zoute Scholletje)

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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c. 1653

Medium

Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Verso: inscribed in pen and ink with the collector's mark of John Barnard (London, d. 1784; Lugt 1419 without date)

Dimensions

Sheet: 26 × 21.6 cm (10 1/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Horace S. Oakley

Reference Number

1923.1005

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