Laughing Smoker, between 1672 and 1885, printed 19th century

  • Dutch
  • Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch, 1610-1685

Etching printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4 1/8 × 3 1/2 inches (10.5 × 8.9 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S832

Stamped, verso: Scripps 1885 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: A. Ostade Inscribed, in pencil and ink, verso: [notations and abbreviations]

Kissam Sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Dutch; after Adriaen van Ostade, Laughing Smoker, between 1672 and 1885, printed 19th century, etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S832.