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paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Street Vendor Selling Spectacles at the Door is a 1647 ink by Adriaen van Ostade, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a street vendor standing in front of a house, holding up a pair of spectacles to a potential customer. The vendor is dressed in a wide-brimmed hat and a cloak, while the customer is shown in profile, looking at the spectacles. The scene is set against a backdrop of a house with a doorway and a window. The artist's use of etching and drypoint techniques creates a sense of texture and depth in the image. The vendor's cloak and the customer's clothing are rendered in intricate detail, giving the scene a sense of realism. This painting is a great example of the work of Adriaen van Ostade, a Dutch painter known for his scenes of everyday life.
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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