Antique Master Print-INN-PIPE-TOBACCO-PLAYING-CARDS-vd Bos-Ostade-1778-1838

Inn scene with peasants smoking and drinking, some of whom play cards. In the foreground a dog eats from a pot and on the right three children play with a doll. A bunch of branches hangs from the ceiling.

Made by Anthonie van den Bos after Adriaen van Ostade.

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 21.4 x 25.9 cm (8.43 x 10.2 inch). Image size: 19.2 x 23 cm. (7.56 x 9.06 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HOTEL-HOSTELRY-INN-PIPE-TOBACCO-PLAYING-CARDS-DOLLS | PCO-E18-7

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Anthonie van den Bos (1778-1838) was a Dutch artist.

Biography artist: Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women.