Four peasants in an interior, a woman checking a man's head for lice
After a drawing by Isaac van Ostade.
Artwork Details
- Title: Four peasants in an interior, a woman checking a man's head for lice
- Artist: Marie Catherine Prestel (German, Nuremberg 1747–1794 London)
- Artist: After Isaac van Ostade (Dutch, Haarlem 1621–1649 Haarlem)
- Date: ca. 1769–1794
- Medium: Aquatint in brown ink
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in. (16.8 × 21.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.1078
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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