DrawingsDutch17th century

Drunk Peasant Couple; verso: Sketch of a Farmhouse

c. 1639-41

Artists

Isaac van OstadeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, red, blue, and yellow chalk wash with graphite on cream antique laid paper; remnants of a brown-ink framing line at upper, left, and lower edges; verso: brown ink and gray wash

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.3 x 21.5 cm (6 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

[Amsler and Ruthardt, Berlin, 25-27 May 1908, lot 376, repr. pl. 2]. Dr. Gottfried Eissler, Vienna (L. 805b, verso, lower left). Anton Schmid, Vienna (L. 2330b, lower right). [Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1989 (L. 3306, without their mark); The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2008.256.

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