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The image shows a man from the waist up, leaning on a ledge with his left arm and holding a horn to his mouth with his right hand. He has prominent eyebrows, a straight nose, and a slightly open mouth. The man wears a loose-fitting, long-sleeved garment, and a cap on his head. Behind him is a window frame with a diamond lattice pattern, and in the background, a wooden structure with vines or flowers around a window. The name "A. Ostade" is inscribed above the man's head.
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The image shows a man from the waist up, leaning on a ledge with his left arm and holding a horn to his mouth with his right hand. He has prominent eyebrows, a straight nose, and a slightly open mouth. The man wears a loose-fitting, long-sleeved garment, and a cap on his head. Behind him is a window frame with a diamond lattice pattern, and in the background, a wooden structure with vines or flowers around a window. The name "A. Ostade" is inscribed above the man's head.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Baker Sounding His Horn

Adriaen van Ostade

Date
c. 1648
Medium
etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.1 x 8.6 cm (4 x 3 3/8 in.) sheet: 11.5 x 10 cm (4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.8290
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • Window
  • Leaf
  • Musical instrument
  • Hat
  • Man
  • Balance
Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 802); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Inscription

in plate, within image at top left: AV.OSTADE; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: B7 Dav V; bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: 802

NGA object ID 10787. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.