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Adriaen van Ostade
The Knifegrindercirca 1682

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Etching on cream paper of a hunched man in a tall hat operating a barrel-mounted grinding stand, with a wheelbarrow in front and a stone archway behind

Adriaen van Ostade, The Knifegrinder, circa 1682, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Werner Z. Hirsch, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Adriaen van Ostade
Title
The Knifegrinder
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1682
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 3 3/8 in. (9.53 × 8.57 cm) Image: 3 1/4 × 2 7/8 in. (8.26 × 7.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Werner Z. Hirsch
Accession Number
M.88.233.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.