The Smoker, c. 1640
Adriaen van Ostadeexpand_more
Etchingexpand_more
Gift of Elizabeth, Julie, and Catherine Andrus in memory of John and Marion Andrusexpand_more 2015.93.154
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“The smell of the Dutch Republic is the smell of tobacco,” said art historian Simon Schama. When this print was made, smoking was largely demonized, a vice deposited on Dutch shores by seamen. Rather than moralizing, Adriaen van Ostade etched a figure simply absorbed in the pleasure of his clay pipe and bowl, which holds an ember to light the tobacco.
Details
- Title
- The Smoker
- Artist Life
- 1610-1685
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.93.154
- Provenance
- Semen Nicolaevitch Mossoloff (1812-1880), Lugt 2362, Moscow and Dresden. Unidentified collector, Lugt 2695. [C. & J. Goodfriend, New York; sold November 16, 1985, to Andrus]; John E. Andrus III, Wayzata, Minn.; by descent to his daughters, Elizabeth, Katie, and Julie; gave to MIA, 2015.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Bartsch 5 (vol. 1, p. 353); Hollstein 5 vii/vii; Dutuit 5 v/v; Godefroy 5 v
- Curator Approved
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