1652
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Two Singers and a Fiddler in an Interior is a 1652 ink by Adriaen van Ostade, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a dim room, hunched over a small table. One woman leans in, holding a piece of paper, while two men sit across from her—one playing a fiddle, the other holding a mug. Their clothes are loose and worn, and the scene feels cozy but rough. The lines are scratchy, like they were drawn fast, and the whole thing glows a warm red-brown. The artist used a mix of etching and drypoint to create those sharp, sketchy lines. The red tint was added later, which makes the scene feel more like a memory than a real place. Want to see more like this? Check out etching to learn how artists carve into metal to make prints.
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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