Print Description
Bust of a peasant, from profile to the right, head thrown to the right, hat, dressed in a dark robe, in a rectangular frame.
Made by William Baillie after Adriaen van Ostade.
Medium: Etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 17.5 x 19 cm (6.89 x 7.48 inch). Image size: 10.5 x 11.5 cm. (4.13 x 4.53 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Losely attached to a carrier sheet. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PEASANT-HAT-PROFILE-PORTRAIT | PCO-C43-8
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: William Baillie (1723-1810) often known as “Captain William Baillie” was an Irish printmaker, known especially for works in the style of, or directly copied from, the etchings of Rembrandt. Usually described as an amateur artist, he was an officer in the British Army until 1761, and later held the post of Commissioner of Stamps. He also acted as an agent for art collectors, most notably Lord Bute.
Biography artist: Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx, 1610 -1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women.
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