Antique Master Print-WEAVING-WINDING-YARN-REELS-De Visscher-Ostade -1655 – 1673

In a cluttered interior, a man and a woman are busy winding yarn on bobbins. Between them stands a child who, leaning on the woman’s leg, looks on. Between the eggshells and broken pipes, a dog is sleeping.

Made by Jan de Visscher after Adriaen van Ostade .

Medium: Etching on handlaid paper.

Sheet size: 25.5 x 30.7 cm (10.04 x 12.09 inch). Image size: 24.8 x 29.9 cm. (9.76 x 11.77 inch).

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

DOG-PIPE-TABACCO-WINDING-YARN-REELS-SPEELS | EXPO-DUTCH/FLEMISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

De Haspelaar (series title), published by Jan Craalinge .

Reference: Hollstein Dutch 14-2(2).

Biography engraver: Jan de Visscher (ca.1636-1692/1712) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver who became a painter in later life.

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.