Artist
Adriaen van Ostade(Dutch, 1610–1685)Dutch, 1610–1685
CultureDutch
Titles
- The Painter
Datec. 1647
MediumEtching
Dimensions238 × 181 mm
Plate: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 1/4in. (24.3 × 18.4cm)
Mat: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6cm)
Plate: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 1/4in. (24.3 × 18.4cm)
Mat: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1996.10
Not on view
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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer FoundationObject Type
Exhibition History"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription below image: Pictor Apellieâ pingas licet arte tabellam, / Quae modo pictores, et modo fallit aves, / Livor edax sed enim, nisi te fortuna bearit, / Auferret ingenio praemia digna tuo./ A. v. Ostade fecit.
Watermark: foolscap
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