Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage, by Adriaen van Ostade, 1673
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Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, Haarlem 1610–1685 Haarlem)

1673

Medium
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, white heightening, over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink and gold
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
9 5/8 x 7 15/16 in. (24.4 x 20.2 cm)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Bequest of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, 1996
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art