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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Peasant Couple in a Doorway is a 1652 ink by Adriaen van Ostade, a Baroque work, depicting Visitation, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows an older couple standing in a doorway. The man holds a hat. The woman looks down at a small basket. The artist made the doorway dark and the outside light. This pushes the couple’s quiet moment into the center. You can almost feel the stillness. Look for the fine lines in the man’s coat. They show how much detail drypoint adds. Try Ostade, Adriaen van next.
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 the everyday life of ordinary men and women.
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