DrawingsDutch17th century

Group of Seated Peasants

17th century

Artists

Adriaen van OstadeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, touches of black chalk, and [later?] blue-gray wash on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.1 x 16.5 cm (4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Count Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, St. Petersburg (L. 2332, lower right), perhaps sold; [Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, Paris, 4 June 1862, lot 39]. Ian Woodner, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983.

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