DrawingsDutch17th century

Three Women and a Child

17th century

Artists

Adriaen van OstadeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and [later?] gray wash over graphite, partially incised, on cream antique-laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.7 × 7.9 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Anthony Westcombe, England (L. 202, lower left), bequeathed; to Bernard Granville, Calwich, by descent to his heirs, sold; [Puttick and Simpson, London, 22 December 1857, possibly one of lots 52 to 56]; to Hermann. Robert Prioleau Roupell, London (L. 2234, verso, lower right), sold; [Christie's, London, 12 July 1887 and following days, lot 1041]; to Hogarth. A. Wasset, Paris. H. L. Larsen. E.H.L. Sexton, Rockport, Maine (L. 2769c, without his mark), gift; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2087a, without his mark); bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.140

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