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Adriaen van Ostade
The Knife Grinder1682 (?)

Not on view
Etching on cream paper depicting a stout man in a tall conical hat working at a barrel on a stand, with a second figure at a market cart and a village scene in the distance

Adriaen van Ostade, The Knife Grinder, 1682 (?), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Adriaen van Ostade
Title
The Knife Grinder
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1682 (?)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 3 in. (8.89 × 7.62 cm) Image: 3 3/8 × 2 7/8 in. (8.57 × 7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Mary B. Regan
Accession Number
31.21.110
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.