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Scenes of Old Age and Daily Life

Depictions of old age in cozy interiors, showing figures engaged in daily activities, often with humorous or reflective themes.

De Old age, Cornelis Dusart, 1680 - 1704 print Two old men and an old woman by the fireplace. The men smoke and drink and the woman has a bowl in the hands. A print with the personification of death hangs on the wall. The print is part of a series of four prints about the ages of humans. paper Old Age, 'Senectus'; 'Vecchiezza' (Ripa). Womanhood. warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier). Death as skeleton
De Old age, Cornelis Dusart, 1680 - 1704 print Two old men and an old woman by the fireplace. The men smoke and drink and the woman has a bowl in the hands. A print with the personification of death hangs on the wall. The print is part of a series of four prints about the ages of humans. paper Old Age, 'Senectus'; 'Vecchiezza' (Ripa). Womanhood. warming oneself at a fire (or hearth, stove, fire-pan, brazier). Death as skeleton
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A pencil and ink drawing by Cecil van Haanen from 1872 depicting a figure wearing a violin mask during Faschingsende, showing costume, posture, and gesture.A winch turner sits in an inn lighting his pipe. Behind him stands a maid with jug and glass. On the table a hurdy-gurdy. The print is after a painting by Willem van Mieris and is part of a series of prints after Flemish, German and Dutch painters, Lyre-turner in an inn Collection of prints after Flemish, German and Dutch painters (series title) Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun (series title), print maker: Louis E.F. Garreau, (mentioned on object), after: Willem van Mieris, (mentioned on object), publisher: Etienne Léon Poignant, (mentioned on object), Paris, 1788, paper, etching, engraving, h 228 mm × w 196 mmRijn, Rembrandt van, The Adoration of the Shepherds: with the oil lamp, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, Rembrandt f., center lower, height 105 mm, width 130 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1652 - 1656, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, after own design byWalking Boerpaar, Anonymous, After Adriaen van Ostade, 1646 - 1745 print Walking farmer's couple is a copy to a print by Adriaen van Ostade, the figures are displayed mirror -traffic. paper etching farmersPlaying shepherd and spinster, nicolaes pietersz berchem, 1662 - 1694 print Netherlands paper etching herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. spindle. flute, aulos, tibia. one person playing an instrumentIllustration for the play The failed deception of F.W. Gotter, Reinier Vinkeles (I), 1791 drawing paper. ink pen / brush (scenes from) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)The Shoemaker 1610-85 Adriaen van Ostade Dutch. The Shoemaker 381470 Artist: Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch, Haarlem 16101685 Haarlem, The Shoemaker, 161085, Etching, sheet: 6 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (17.2 x 14.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Theodore De Witt, 1917 (23.65.27)Five singers (DuTUIT 8) Van Haeften, Nicolas. Five singers (DuTUIT 8). Etching.Woman with child in arms, print maker: Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1752 - 1789.Drinking company, Pierre François Basan, After Isaac van Ostade, 1739 - 1797 print print maker: Francepublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving drinking. pipe ~ tobaccoLa madame du pavillon qui met ses bas! - Pus quca dquilles.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866La vérité sur le cas de M. Valdemar , Hypnotism, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Facts in the case of M. Valdemar, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)Copper engraving by Tarocchimeister before 1467 depicting an artist at work, showing tools, gestures, and composition.Kellen, David van der (1804-1879), Farmer and farmer's wife in conversation, verso - stamped, A pipe-smoking farmer and a farmer's wife in conversation in the open air., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 67 mm, width 47 mm, 1804-09-25 - 1879-03-30, print maker, prentmaker, 1814 - 1879, paper, papier, etching, etchingsMusic couple. A man plays a string instrument while a woman blows on a flute. A woman saves the scene from the doorway. On the ground it is possible on which the coat of arms of Amsterdam.The Circumcision Small Plate Made 1625-1635 Holland. Etching with drypoint on ivory laid paper . Rembrandt van RijnLes marchandes d'oeufs (2nd plate) , Merchants, Eggs, Baskets, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)A tooth-drawer examining the tooth of a child. Engraving by C. Lewis after G. Dou.Ostade, Adriaen van, Fierlants, Edmond, Photographic reproduction of a drawing of a man and three children by Adriaen van Ostade, recto - handwritten, photograph, photo, page, reproduction, photos, photographically illustrated books, A. v. Ostade., height 76 mm, width 68 mm, Belgian, 1819-06-20 - 1869-12-21, photographer, 1855 - 1860, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Northern Netherlands, 1610-12-19 - 1685-04-28, intermediary draughtsmanTwo inn scenes: Man watches in empty jug, two men watch and two smokers and drinker in inn, anonymous, after Adriaen van Ostade, 1662 - 1694 print Two inn scenes: Man looks in empty jug, two men watch and two smokers and drinker in inn. Two copies of Adriaen van Ostade prints have been merged on an etching plate paper etching inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. drinking. pipe ~ tobaccoEngel floats blindfolded child with whip in front of him in Tredmolen, 1628 print The print is part of an album. paper treadmill. blindfoldThe Empty Jug 1648-1658 Holland. Etching in black on ivory laid paper . Adriaen van OstadeTavern interior scene by Jan Baptist de Wael II showing soldiers playing cards, executed with graphite pencil, brown pen, and white highlights.Five women in a window, Nicolaes van Haeften, 1694 print Paris paper etching human figure at (open) window, seen from outside - AA - feigned window. pipe ~ tobacco (+ taking (particular) foodstuffs: eating, drinking, smoking, chewing, etc.)Bakker blows a horn, Adriaen van Ostade, 1646 - 1650The lawyer, David van der Kellen (III), 1837 - 1882Wijck, Thomas, Card players, verso - stamped, Three men are playing cards. In the background a fourth man leans on a bale of hay., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 72 mm, width 55 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1624 - 1677-08-19, print maker, printmaker, 1626 - 1677, paper, papier, etching, etsenCharles-Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790). "Le Bast, illustration for the tales of La Fontaine, around 1743". Drawing. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Workshop, drawing, tale illustration, female model, palette, painter, characterThe old hostess., c. 1660, by Cornelis Bega. Gift of Bishop Monrad, 1869.William Hogarth, Don Quixote VI: The Curate and the Barber, 1738, etching and engraving on wove paper.Interior 1778 Jean Honoré Fragonard French This print is one of a group of four the arist made in 1778, as he was introducing his sister-in-law, Marguerite Gérard to the rudiments of the technique. It features the full array of country "types" that recur in Fragonards work: barefoot children, buxom young women, and bearded old men. Because no clear narrative links the figures, the print has traditionally been referred to by the vague title Interior. Gérard made her own etching after the same lost model, presumably a brown wash drawing by her brother-in-law.. Interior 632414Pancake baker with male and children, Ignace -Joseph de Claussin (attributed to), 1805 - 1844 print France paper etching / engraving pancakes. cat. child (at home)Illustration of a woman selling earthenware on the streets of London. Circa 1819A peasant interior with a slaughtered pig against a ladder. The farmer is cleaning the pig, the farmer's wife is standing behind a wooden barrel making sausage. In the background, a figure with a bucket fetches water from a well., Farmer's interior with slaughtered pig, print maker: Jacob Louys (1620-ca.1673), (mentioned on object), Willem Kalf, (mentioned on object), 1630 - 1673, paper, etching, h 214 mm × w 164 mmJacob thinks about the dreams of Joseph. Jacob, closed with his eyes, sitting on a bench in a room. On the right a look out where the two dreams of Joseph are represented: the bending corn scissors and the bending sun, moon and stars.Bathseba and the old woman, who brings the letter from David, Willem Pietersz Buytewech, 1615 print paper etching David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12)A man leans out of a tavern window with a glass and cap in hand, others watch from inside. Etching by J. Chérin, mid 18th century, after A. van Ostade.Woman tries to blow a candle into the fire., print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter Arentsz (II), Amsterdam, 1687, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 94 mm × w 77 mmMan in a doorway gesturing a tired traveler to continue.Traveling Musicians 1610-85 Adriaen van Ostade Dutch. Traveling Musicians 396342Self-portrait for the donkey.Woman at a Well 1842 France. Etching on ivory wove paper laid down on white wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card . Charles Émile JacqueConstantine receiving the Faith banner, after Guercino baron Dominique Vivant Denon French. Constantine receiving the Faith banner, after Guercino. baron Dominique Vivant Denon (French, Givry 1747-1825 Paris). Aquatint. PrintsLe voleur de poires (2nd plate) , Robberies, Pear trees, Pears, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)Waardin and company in Herberg, Cornelis Pietersz. Bega, 1720 - 1772 print Netherlands paper etching inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.The Maternal Precaution Made 1860-1863 France. ClichÈ-verre retouched with dark brown ink on cream wove photo-sensitized paper . Jean François MilletStudy for Vignette in Jean François Marmontel's Contes Moraux 1753-1773 France. Pen and black ink over black chalk, on gray laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper . Hubert François GravelotCornelis Dusart, Violin Player Seated in a Tavern, 1685 Violin Player Seated in a TavernAdriaen van Ostade, Smoker at a Window, probably 1667 Smoker at a WindowMilton Dictating to Ellwood the Quaker. James Barry; Irish, 1741-1806. Date: 1803-1805. Dimensions: 578 x 423 mm (plate); 674 x 526 mm (sheet). Etching and engraving with some aquatint on ivory wove paper. Origin: Ireland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Five soldiers in a guardhouse, Joseph Lies, 1831 - 1865 print paper etching In the Guard-room, 'Cortegarard'The Rat Catcher by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632The childhood; The ages of man, "Les Quatres Ages de la Vie Humaine". Interior with children playing of different ages. A young child is in a high chair and plays with a mill while a girl engages with a doll and a piece of cake. A boy entertained with a cat and a dog. On the wall is a print with the 'the stairs of ages'. The print is part of a series of four prints about the ages of man.. A lame couple with besides them two cripples with lute and tambourine. Print from a series of three prints to the series of twelve prints by Cornelis Massys.Son Christopher - The Constables breaks into the House,1863. John Everett Millais (d.1896) and Joseph Swain (d.1909). .To Reader in a window, Jacob Hoolaart, Adriaen van Ostade, 1723 - 1789Peasant and Cat. Frederick Bloemaert (Holland, Utrecht, 1610-1669). Holland, 17th century. Prints; engravings. EngravingSixteenth to seventeenth century Flemish and Dutch painting : Metsys and Honthorst. Metsys, Quentin, 1465 or 1466-1530. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Painting, Flemish, Painting, DutchHoly Elias van Caesarea as a recluse, Christoffel van Sichem (II), After Abraham Bloemaert, 1644 print Amsterdam paper letterpress printing saints. anchorite, hermitThe singer (Bartsch 30) Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685). The singer (Bartsch 30). Forte, circa 1653.Evening, Frans van den Wijngaerde, after David Teniers (II), 1636 - 1679 print Imagination of the evening: Three farmers by a fireplace in an inn. One of them pees the wall. Antwerp paper etching pipe ~ tobacco. farmers. urinationCard players, Jan van Somer, 1655 - 1700 print Three men play card around a table. In the middle is a glass of drinks. paper playing-cards. tobaccoOld man hears a famous voice, Hippolyte Bellangé, 1831 print An old man gets up from his chair. He recognizes the young man's voice who comes to visit him. Paris paper old man. saluting. recognizingThree figures in a kitchen interior, In a kitchen interior there is a man with a basket under his arm on the right. A boy is seen on the back in the middle. On the left a sitting woman. On the left in the foreground a jug, a kettle and a fish. Bottom left: P, S, kitchen interior, Huib van Hove Bz (mentioned on object), Nederlanden, 1824 - 1864, paper, etching, h 198 mm × w 153 mmInn with trikkrak players, Wallerant Vaillant, After David Teniers (II), 1658 - 1706 print In an inn, a few pipe -smelling men play tricks at a table. One of the men keeps the scoring around the wall with a chalk. There is a dog at the table. Amsterdam paper backgammon, tric-trac. dog. inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.Jan Uytenbogaert. Medium: mezzotint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jan van der Bruggen after Rembrandt van Rijn.Giotto painting the Portrait of Dante - Composition Study, 1852. Artist: Dante Gabriel RossettiThe Goldsmith, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1655 print paper etching / drypoint jeweller, goldsmith, silversmithThe Young Innkeeper 1640-1664 Netherlands. While his talents were wide-rangingófrom painting and drawing to etchingóCornelis Pietersz. Begaís interest in Dutch peasant life and the ridiculed or pestered woman transcended his media and reappeared frequently in his work. In this image and A Man Caressing the Young Hostess (1965.634), unidealized drunkards lecherously interact with a young inn hostess. These prints feature the same wooden bench, barrel, and window closure, and the figures are in almost identical positions. The womanís expression, however, varies from a flirtatious response to the manís advances in A Man Caressing the Young Hostess to a less amused, dismissive reaction in The Young Innkeeper.. Etching on cream laid paper . Cornelis Pietersz. BegaFour figure studies, Nicolaas van der Worm, After Christina Chalon, 1772 - 1828 print Four figure studies in simple frameworks. At the top left a standing woman with a hat and profil. At the top right a standing man. Left and bottom right A study of a head of an old woman with a hat, the left-hand head displayed three-quarters and the right and profil. Leiden paper etching adult man. adult woman. old woman. head (human) (+ sideview, profile). head (human) (+ three-quarter view)Stam Father Asher, 1587 - 1591 print Family father Aser, halfway, sitting in architectural surroundings with the right leg slightly built, a threshing flail () In the right hand, a bundle of grain in the left arm. The left arm rests on a basket with loaves. A tower in the background. Under the performance two lines of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of twelve Family Fathers van, Sraël; Each print in this series consists of an image of an ancestor, halfway, and a two -way caption in Latin. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving the twelve patriarchs together, i.e. the twelve (grand)sons of Jacob, eponymous ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. the twelve tribes of Israel (with NAME) (not in biblical context). male persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context)Vuur, Anonymous, After Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1613 - 1720 print A young man with a hat lights his pipe with fire from a test. A burning oil lamp for him. Under a two -way caption in French and German and a four -line caption in Dutch. paper engraving fire (one of the four elements). pipe ~ tobaccoAndreas Bretschneider III, Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf, published 1622 Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt LaufSitting woman leaning on a basket. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1700 - c. 1799. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 191 mm × w 150 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Fire; Ignis; Four elements. A young man with a hat puts his pipe with fire from a test. For him a burning oil lamp. Under a two-year caption in French and German and a four-line caption in Dutch.Rijn, Rembrandt van, Christ and the Samaritan Woman: plate with curved upper edge, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, Rembrandt f. 1658, left center, Rembrandt f. 1957, lower left, height 123 mm, width 158 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, print maker, printmaker, 1658 - 1658, third quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, drypoint, dry needle, Work conception, Northern Netherlands, after own design byFarmer leaning on the door; Caprice. A man with a cap leans on his bottom door and looks outside. Print from a series of eight prints to performances by A. van Ostade.Man writes from right to left on a slate on the wall; The Schryf-Ley.Boulanger Sunnique you Cor (Bartsch 7) Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685). Sound baker of the COR (Bartsch 7). Forte, circa 1648. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace."V'la plus de six francs que je perds..." Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). Novemebr 24, 1843. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 7/16 in. (35.2 x 23.9 cm). European Art Novemebr 24, 1843Amsterdam, Arentsz, Pieter (II), Luyken, Jan, Title page for: L. Lessius, De schat der soberheit; or A suitable means to maintain health, 1696, Old man having a conversation with a boy while eating at the table, verso - stamped, print, title page, prints, height 110 mm, width 65 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1649-04-16 - 1712-04-05, print maker, printmaker, 1696 - 1696, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisherUtrecht, Kemink & Zoon, Buytewech, Willem Pietersz., Amsterdam, Boland, Johannes Arnoldus, The couple in love, Lucella and Ascagnes as a couple, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 262 mm, width 213 mm, Dutch, 1838-12-19 - 1922-12-30, print maker, printmaker, 1866 - 1866, paper, papier, chine collé, etching, etchings, Work conception, 1592 - 1624, after a print by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherChiron Teaches Magic to Achilles. Dated: 1758/1759. Dimensions: plate: 21.8 x 29.7 cm (8 9/16 x 11 11/16 in.) sheet: 28 x 43.5 cm (11 x 17 1/8 in.). Medium: etching in sanguine on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Gaetano Zompini.Jean-François Millet's 'Woman Emptying a Bucket' is a heliogravure on glass from the mid-19th century depicting a woman engaged in manual labor, focusing on posture, gesture, and rural setting.Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), Kristus I Emmaus, 1548Man who cites a young value, Anonymous, After Cornelis Pietersz. Bega, 1641 - 1700 drawing paper. chalk inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. embracing each other, kissingFour figure studies, Nicolaas van der Worm, After Christina Chalon, 1772 - 1828 print Four figure studies in simple frameworks. At the top left a standing woman with a hat and profil. At the top right a standing man. Left and bottom right A study of a head of an old woman with a hat, the left-hand head displayed three-quarters and the right and profil. Leiden paper etching adult man. adult woman. old woman. head (human) (+ sideview, profile). head (human) (+ three-quarter view)The Seated Violinist Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660-1704). The Seated Violinist, 18th century. Etching on laid paper, Plate: 11 5/16 x 10 in. (28.7 x 25.4 cm). European Art 18th centuryBertoldo in a bag; History of Bertoldo, Bertoldino and Cacasenno. Bertoldo in a large bag, talking with the pozie agent. Under the show a three-legged rhyme in Italian. Print from a series of six with the experiences of Bertoldo, part of a series of twenty prints.In a room a family is dining, Jan Luyken, 1711 print Amsterdam paper etching dining-room. eatingMan trains a dog. A man, on a chair with a laurel wreath on the head, holds a cookie for the dog that does a trick. On his collar: J.N. The man misses his left hand. At his stump, the necklace of the resting dog hangs next to him. On the left a monkey with a staff and on the chair an owl with collar. In the background an increase with a man there that does his need. At the bottom of the margin a four-line verse in Dutch.Exempel und Lehr Jetziger Welt Lauf. Dated: published 1622. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Andreas Bretschneider III.Three men in conversation, Marcellus Laroon (I), 1663 - 1702 print Three men are sitting at a table and have a conversation. On the table is tobacco and a pipe, the middle man holds a pipe in his hand. paper etching conversation, dialogue; conversation piece. pipe ~ tobaccoMeloenenverkoper, print maker: Charles Emile Jacque, (mentioned on object), France, 1844, paper, etching, engraving, h 109 mm - w 136 mmBlack chalk and light gray wash drawing by Cornelis Dusart depicting an elderly woman with a cat at a spinning wheel.Enoch and his family surrounding a meal table and holding their hands in a gesture of prayer; behind them is the open end of house; to the right a woman hands out bread to a child, young man, and old man. Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561-1623 Bad Schwalbach); After Gillis Mostaert the Elder (Netherlandish, Hulst 1528-1598 Antwerp). Dimensions: plate: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)mount: 5 7/16 x 4 1/2 in. (13.8 x 11.4 cm). Date: ca. 1580-1623. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Three Musicians Playing Crumhorns. 1551. Aldegrever, Heinrich, 1502-. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print CollectionDrawing, Man at Supper with Attendants; Italy; pen and bistre ink, brush and ink wash on paperThe Family (reverse copy) 1610-85 After Adriaen van Ostade Dutch. The Family (reverse copy) 396491