DrawingsDutch17th century

The Peasant Father

17th century

Artists

Adriaen van OstadeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown and gray wash and graphite, framing line in brown ink, mounted down entirely on card

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.5 × 8.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

J. D. Lempereur, Paris (Lugt 1740, lower right), sold; through his sale [Paris, March 24, 1773, lot 335]. J. A. de Silvestre, sold [through Paris, February 28, 1811, lot 440]. D. Vis Blokhuyzen, sold [Rotterdam, October 23, 1871, lot 459]. Countess Diergardt, Cologne. [C. G. Boerner, Dusseldorf], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, 1971 Note: Provenance according to Boerner: Sale, 24 March 1773, lot 335. Jacques Augustin de Silvestre, see cat. Regnault-Delalande, Paris 1810, sale 1811, "Le Pere nourricier et sa Femme."

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