Antique Master Print-REELING COUPLE-SPINNING-INTERIOR-CHILD-Visscher-Ostade-1670

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‘”SIET ONS WERCK MET SOETHEIJT SPILLEN. IN SCHIJN VAN ZULCKE WONDERE GRILLEN. (?)”‘

– This print shows the reeling couple (De Haspelaar in Dutch): a ramshackle domestic interior with an elderly couple spinning yarn together with a young child gripping the woman’s skirt. A Dutch poem below from Jan Cralinge.

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Description

This print shows the reeling couple (De Haspelaar in Dutch): a ramshackle domestic interior with an elderly couple spinning yarn together with a young child gripping the woman’s skirt. A Dutch poem below from Jan Cralinge.

Made by Johannes Visscher after Adriaen van Ostade.

Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: yes.

Sheet size: 25.5 x 30.2 cm (10.04 x 11.89 inch). Image size: 24 x 29.5 cm. (9.45 x 11.61 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brownish. Horizontal fold. Small margin. Tear at left bottom. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

REELING COUPLE-SPINNING-DOMESTIC INTERIOR-YOUNG CHILD-DUTCH POEM-DOG-PIPE | RBOS-A9-36

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published by Jan Cralinge, ca 1670 in Amsterdam.

Reference: British museum 1839.0413.407.

Biography engraver: Johannes Visscher (Haarlem, 1635/1636 ? Amsterdam, buried 30 March 1712) was a Dutch printmaker, reproduction etcher, painter and draughtsman.

He was the brother of the engravers Cornelis and Lambert Visscher.

Visscher was best known for his prints and reproduction etchings and was active in both Haarlem and Amsterdam. His work consisted mainly of landscapes and portraits.

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.

Additional information

Dimensions 30 × 25 × 1 cm

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