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Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

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Date

1673

Artist

After Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Description

Scene of a man reading the news surrounded by family and friends within the sunlit confines of a weavers' cottage epitomizes the rustic scenes of peasant life for which Ostade is so well known. Linen weaving, a profession practiced only by men, became the most important and lucrative occupation in Haarlem in the seventeenth century. Ostade celebrated the economic profit brought about by this industry in this outstanding watercolor, an autonomous work of art, and one which remained famous through the eighteenth century.

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CC0 1.0

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image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Location

Haarlem, Netherlands

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