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The Empty Jug, c. 1653. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.
Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Image: 9.7 × 8.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Empty Jug
- Artist
- Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685
- Date
- c. 1653
- Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 9.7 × 8.5 cm (3 7/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 10.4 × 8.8 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
- 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.