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The Pater Familias, 1648. Etching in black on cream laid paper.
Etching in black on cream laid paper · Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 11.8 × 9.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Pater Familias
- Artist
- Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685
- Date
- 1648
- Medium
- Etching in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 11.8 × 9.1 cm (4 11/16 × 3 5/8 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.