DrawingsDutch17th century

Peasants in an Interior

17th century

Artists

Adriaen van OstadeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over black chalk; two overlapping rectangles in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.9 × 9.8 cm (3 7/8 × 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Ch. A. de Burlet, Berlin. [C. B. Boerner, Leipzig]. E. Trautscholt. Private collection, Germany. [C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1983

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