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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,0713.165
Description: A seated man holding a pipe; turned to right, his right hand supporting his cheek Pen and brown and yellow-brown ink, with grey-brown wash, over black chalk Verso: The lower half of a pair of legs; and a separate sketch of two figures around a table Pen and brown ink; black chalk, with grey wash
Producer name: Drawn by: Isaak Jansz van Ostade; Formerly attributed to: Adriaen van Ostade
School/style
Production date: 1643 (c.)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 90 millimetres; Width: 84 millimetres (made up)
Curator's comments: This and BM 1946,0713.166 were originally part of the same sheet. The 1995 Ostade Exhibition label text (exhibited with 1946,0713.166): The two sketches were probably separated in the eighteenth century, dividing the 'verso' figure study. They now approximate to their original arrangement. In style, they exemplify the more liquid touch employed by Isaak, compared with his elder brother's, and are datable to around 1643.
Bibliographic references: Phillipps-Fenwick 1935 / Catalogue of drawings in the collection of T Fitzroy Phillipps-Fenwick (p.192(3)) (as Adriaen van Ostade); Schnackenburg 1981 / Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Gesamtdarstellung mit Werkkatalogen (498)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1995 Jan-Apr, BM, Ostade (no cat.)
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Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: John Thane (L.1544); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); Previous owner/ex-collection: Samuel Woodburn (Christie's, 6.vi.1860/577 as 'Ostade - The knife grinder - the drawing for his etching, pen and bistre; and various figures of Dutch boors', 5 in the lot, bt Phillipps £1-13-0); Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Phillipps; Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick
Acquisition date: 1946
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1946,0713.165
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