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Peasant Family around the Fireplace
Adriaen van Ostade, 1650 - 1660
A family is gathered about the hearth in a meagre interior. By the fire, the oldest of the girls is drying a cloth. The mother is sitting beside a cradle feeding porridge to the youngest, while father and son look on. It was a favourite theme of Adriaen van Ostade’s, and he often introduced tiny variations: there was evidently considerable demand for these depictions of this simple, yet contented family.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1364
- Dimensionsheight 239 mm x width 223 mm
- Physical characteristicspen in bruin, penseel in bruin en grijs, over een schets in zwart krijt, potlood, inkt