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The Baker Sounding His Horn, c. 1648. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.
Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Image: 10 × 8.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Baker Sounding His Horn
- Artist
- Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685
- Date
- c. 1648
- Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 10 × 8.4 cm (3 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Plate: 10.3 × 8.7 cm (4 1/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Sheet: 11.1 × 9.7 cm (4 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Langdon Pearse
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1610–1685
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.