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ADRIAN VAN OSTADE.
Adrian Ostade painted a considerable number of draw-
ings in semi-opaque water-colours, finished with great delicacy
and care, and with a brilliancy and effect little short of his
pictures ; these are so highly esteemed by his countrymen, and
also by the refined connoisseur in this class of art, that they
bring prices equal to some of his pictures: one of his finest
productions in this style is in the possession of Messrs.
Woodburns, who are distinguished for their taste and judg-
ment in works of art, particularly for their rich collection of
drawings by the old masters.
The drawing alluded to represents the Interior of a room,
with a company of twenty-five figures, the nearest of whom (to
the spectator) is a woman seated on the right, with a child
standing by her ; she has turned round to a man, who sits near,
with a long glass of liquor in his hand; towards the back part
of the room is a couple dancing to the sound of a fiddle,
played by a man elevated at the side, behind a happy group
of both sexes; in the fore-ground are a few culinary utensils,
and a cat. A window illumines the end of the apartment.
Dated 1673. Valued at 130 guineas.
Some of this artist’s drawings have been imitated in aqua-
tinta, coloured by Janinet, and more successfully by Ploos Van
Amstel.
Ostade etched fifty plates, the subjects of which are very
accurately described by Bartsch, in Le Peintre Graveur.
ADRIAN VAN OSTADE.
Adrian Ostade painted a considerable number of draw-
ings in semi-opaque water-colours, finished with great delicacy
and care, and with a brilliancy and effect little short of his
pictures ; these are so highly esteemed by his countrymen, and
also by the refined connoisseur in this class of art, that they
bring prices equal to some of his pictures: one of his finest
productions in this style is in the possession of Messrs.
Woodburns, who are distinguished for their taste and judg-
ment in works of art, particularly for their rich collection of
drawings by the old masters.
The drawing alluded to represents the Interior of a room,
with a company of twenty-five figures, the nearest of whom (to
the spectator) is a woman seated on the right, with a child
standing by her ; she has turned round to a man, who sits near,
with a long glass of liquor in his hand; towards the back part
of the room is a couple dancing to the sound of a fiddle,
played by a man elevated at the side, behind a happy group
of both sexes; in the fore-ground are a few culinary utensils,
and a cat. A window illumines the end of the apartment.
Dated 1673. Valued at 130 guineas.
Some of this artist’s drawings have been imitated in aqua-
tinta, coloured by Janinet, and more successfully by Ploos Van
Amstel.
Ostade etched fifty plates, the subjects of which are very
accurately described by Bartsch, in Le Peintre Graveur.