Adriaen van Ostade
The Hunchbacked Fiddler

The Hunchbacked Fiddler

Public Domain

ArtistDutch, 1610–1685
CultureDutch
Titles
  • The Hunchbacked Fiddler
Date1654
MediumEtching and engraving on laid paper, state III/VI
DimensionsPlate: 6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in. (16.4 × 11.2 cm)
 Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 9/16 in. (20.9 × 16.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lewis Coulson in honor of Susan Schulman
Object number2022.308
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1654; George Perutz, Dallas; [Susan Schulman Fine Prints, New York, by October 2004]; Dr. Lewis Coulson, Chicago, 2004-2022; given to MFAH, 2022.

Exhibition HistoryNone known.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
None
Recto: Signed in printed ink, plate, bottom left corner: A v Ostade
Watermark: Shield with a crowned fleur-de-lys
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 44; Davidsohn 44 ii/v; Godefroy 44 iii/iv; Boon-Vrbeek 44 iii/vi/ Hollstein 44 iii/iv; Pelletier 107

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