Adriaen van Ostade, a 17th century painter, engraver and draughtsman, mainly captured the daily life of ordinary people such as farmers and craftsmen. Also people who at the time often had questionable reputations, such as quacks and lawyers. This etching depicts a cheerful village scene.
The Rijksmuseum has a similar etching in its collection.
- image: a beautiful, small etching with two musicians, a man with a violin and a boy with a lyre, entertaining a drinking company at a table in a village street. References: Bartsch 45; Hollstein 45 V (von IV) ; Godefroy 45 V (von VI)
- year: 1654 – 1656
- quality: good, small fold bottom left, margins are cut off
- signed: printed in plate
- image size: 13.3 x 12.0 cm | 5.2 x 4.7 in (h x w)
- sheet or frame size: 28.1 x 23.2 cm | 11.1 x 9.1 (h x w)
