Caption
Interior with newspaper reader, print, album page, An interior with four farmers. A man on a chair is reading a newspaper. A woman is feeding a child. Another man is leaning on the lower half of an open door., printmaker: William Baillie, after painting by Adriaen van Ostade, 1768, paper, etching, paste, etching pasted on album page, height 234 mm x width 207 mm, farmers, reading, A dimly lit interior scene shows a group of people engaged in quiet activity; a seated woman wearing a head covering focuses on a small child in her lap while holding a bowl, a seated man with his back to the viewer reads a sheet held before him, and another figure leans on a low partition with a hand near the face. The room features an arched doorway with foliage visible beyond, a small open window set at an angle in the upper wall, lattice windows, a simple wooden chair, and household items such as jugs and a spinning wheel partially visible near the left side. The overall image is rendered in soft tonal contrasts with shadows filling much of the space and a framed dark border surrounding the scene.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A75_166
License type
Rights managed
Available size
33.8Mb (6.3Mb) / 10.6in x 12.4in / 3172 x 3728 (300dpi)