Brillen verkoper en een oude vrouw De brillenkoopman, RP-P-OB-12.707, Adriaen van Ostade, between 1647 and 1652

Identification title(s): glasses seller and an old woman. The glasses merchant. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-12. 707. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 29-3(6). The illustrated bartsch 29. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: a spectacles seller with a basket full of spectacles stands in front of an old woman's house. She leans on the bottom door while she is handed glasses. A child with a basket watches. Probably the seller can be interpreted as a cheater. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: adriaen van ostade (mentioned on object), according to own design by: adriaen van ostade. Place of manufacture: haarlem. Dating: 1647 - 1652. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 104 mm × w 90 mm. Subject: what: wandering or traveling merchanteyeglasses, spectaclesold woman. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1647 and 1652.