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Peasant Company in a Cottage
Lost Art-ID
108781
Artist
Ostade, Adriaen van
Birth
(vor) 1610.12.10, Haarlem
Death
(vor) 1684.05.02, Haarlem
Place of activity
Haarlem
Title
Peasant Company in a Cottage
Datierung
1635 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
oak / painted
Measures
Höhe: 43 (?) cm; Breite: 34 (?) cm. Abmessungen stimmen nicht mit Querformat überein.
Inventory number
Ahv 116
Description
At the bottom right: „AV [ligated]. Ostade“; peasants in a cottage, which is divided by a partial wall; a man with jug and pipe in his hands sits on a bench and recites something funny; another peasant and an old woman sit behind a barrel, which serves as a table, and listen with amusement; behind them, the host chalks up on a board; at the front, a third peasant sits on a coarse armchair and lights his pipe; a woman sits in the background, on the left someone sleeps on a basket, and next to him, a small dog runs by; on the right, grain is stored behind a partition; a wheel and similar objects are kept under the roof; the comically ugly figures are mellowed by a delicate light, while the environment is absorbed in the twilight.
Provenance
Probably From the collection of duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (cf. 1826 inventory). [...]. 1935 in the reorganized exhibition (room 12); 1943 still present (catalog p. 106, note "Maß stimmt nicht!"), until the end of January 1946 Friedenstein Palace - documentation of loss by Neumeister; since then whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1826 (Verzeichnis), Abt. IX, Nr. 90 (?); Inventar 1854 Schneider, Abt. VIII, Nr. 88 (?); Katalog 1943, Bl. 106; Verlustdokumentation Neumeister
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
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