Four Men at a Window, One Reading from a Sheet by Candlelight

Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 824); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Four Men at a Window, One Reading from a Sheet by Candlelight

Ostade, Adriaen van

c. 1653

Accession Number

1943.3.8298

Medium

etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 23.8 x 18.9 cm (9 3/8 x 7 7/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection