Antique Master Print-FAMILY-KITCHEN-INTERIOR-Baillie-Ostade-1784

Subject: Antique print, titled: ‘Better is a dry Morsel and Quietness therewith than a House full of Sacrifices with Strife’, A family inside their kitchen, gathered around a large bowl of soup/porridge.
Condition: Excellent, given age. Remains of attachment on the rear of the sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Medium: Mezzotint engraving on china paper (chine-collee), attached to a carrier sheet.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 23.5 x 21 cm. The image size is ca. 32 x 29.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.3 x 8.3 inch. The image size is ca. 12.6 x 11.6 inch.
Part Number: 44919
Location: PCO-A100-21
Description: Separately published master print. Our definition of a Master Print is a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters.

Artists and Engravers: Made by W. Baillie after A. Ostade. William Baillie (known as ‘Captain’, 1723-1810) was an Irish printmaker known for his works in the style of (or direct copies of) Rembrandt. He is seen as amateur artist as he was an officer in the British Army until 1761 and was also Commissioner of Stamps.