Revelling Peasants in a Barn, 1778

Title

Revelling Peasants in a Barn

Draughtsman

• Jacobus Buys

Inventor

• after Adriaen van Ostade

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour and, in places, body colour, over traces of black chalk or charcoal

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• gouache painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a painting?
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Schwarz): AvOstade. pinx. 1652. / J. Buys f. 1778

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit Notizen des Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (mit der Feder in Braun, Lugt 3004): 't Origineel / uit het kabinet van d´ heer G. Braamcamp / h. 15 1/2 d[uim] / b. 13 1/2 d[uim]
Verso unten links Trockenstempel der Sammlung Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (Lugt 2034)
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Straßburger Lilie im Wappenschild, darüber Krone, darunter Bienenkorb, darunter C. & I Honig

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre
• interior

Primary

• 33A39 loose company
• 46A14 farmers

Secondary

• 43C92 one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple
• 41A171 barn
• 48C7354 bagpipe, musette