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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Quack Doctor Presenting his Potions to a Group of Bystanders is a 1648 ink by Adriaen van Ostade, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a scruffy man in a tall hat holding a bottle, standing next to a barrel. Behind him, a crowd of people—some standing, some sitting—watches closely. The background is a rough, textured wall with a window, and the whole scene feels crowded and busy. The artist used fine lines to create deep shadows and rough textures, like the folds in the clothes or the grainy wall. This style makes the scene feel gritty and real. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how these techniques work.
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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