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Adriaen van Ostade
Bust of a Laughing Peasant1672

Not on view
Small print on cream paper depicting the head and shoulders of a Black man in a flat cap, rendered in dense cross-hatching and fine black lines

Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade, Bust of a Laughing Peasant, 1672, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Adriaen van Ostade
Title
Bust of a Laughing Peasant
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1672
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (7.3 × 6.03 cm) Image: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (6.99 × 5.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan
Accession Number
31.21.87
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.