The Woman Spinning (1652): Artwork and History

The Woman Spinning (1652) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Adriaen van Ostade was a prolific Haarlem painter and etcher of genre scenes that ranged from illustrations of raucous peasant feasts to depictions of working class family life. As an etcher, he was second only to Rembrandt van Rijn in his productivity and the collectability of his work; his prints range from the antic Merrymakers in an Inn (1894.1028) to the calmer Woman Spinning. Even the pigs at the bottom left of this image are lazy observers of the peaceful scene.

Object facts

• Title: The Woman Spinning
• Date: 1652
• Artist attribution: Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685
• Place of origin: Holland
• Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
• Dimensions: Image: 13.5 × 17.3 cm (5 3/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 17.6 cm (5 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.6 × 21.8 cm (6 9/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1962.800

Collection credit

Stanley Field Endowment

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