About this artwork
Throughout his career, the Dutch painter Adriaen van Ostade depicted rustic genre scenes of peasants enjoying village pleasures; these had a major influence on the subject matter of Dutch art both during and after the 17th century. Cornelis Visscher’s work echoes the liveliness and warmth of Van Ostade’s, showing a merry group of peasants gathering in an interior to talk and enjoy a smoke. The small pair of skates on the floor in the center of the foreground indicates that the group may have returned from an afternoon of ice-skating, a popular leisure activity during the period.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Cornelis Visscher
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Title
- Interior in an Inn, called "The Skaters" (De Schaatsenrijder)
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Place
- Holland (Object made in)
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Date
- Artist's working dates 1649–1658
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Medium
- Etching and engraving on cream laid paper
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Dimensions
- 427×345 mm (image); 436×352 mm (plate); 456x371 mm (sheet)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Horace S. Oakley
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Reference Number
- 1923.1000
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/9385/manifest.json
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