Author: unknown master, inspired to or after Ostade, Adriaen van (1618-1685)
Title: Peasants conversing (Tekening van pratende boeren).
Description: Drawing probably deriving from an Album Amicorum (on the top the margin of the sheet is gilded) representing two elderly peasants conversing through a half-opened door. A child is trying to get the attention of the old woman, pulling the woman's apron. On the verso a calligraphic inscription: 'J(D?)Broer / Leiden, 22den December / 1837.' Inspired by the genre painters oeuvre, like Adriaen and Isaak van Ostade, Jan Steen or Cornelis Bega. Pen drawing on paper, colored in watercolor; total: 146 x 85 mm; in outstanding condition.
Keywords: Alba Amicorum|Drawings|Farmers
Title: Peasants conversing (Tekening van pratende boeren).
Description: Drawing probably deriving from an Album Amicorum (on the top the margin of the sheet is gilded) representing two elderly peasants conversing through a half-opened door. A child is trying to get the attention of the old woman, pulling the woman's apron. On the verso a calligraphic inscription: 'J(D?)Broer / Leiden, 22den December / 1837.' Inspired by the genre painters oeuvre, like Adriaen and Isaak van Ostade, Jan Steen or Cornelis Bega. Pen drawing on paper, colored in watercolor; total: 146 x 85 mm; in outstanding condition.
Keywords: Alba Amicorum|Drawings|Farmers
Price: EUR 242.00 = appr. US$ 263.02 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: 65231
- Book number: 65231