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Description: | This subject and composition was originally painted by Adriaen van Ostade in The Quacksalver, a specialist in painting peasant 'low-life'. Subjects such as this made humorous commentary on human foolishness. Here, the corrupt apothecary on the right, conspicuously well dressed, convinces a naïve crowd of the dubious benefits of his wares. Ostade was a seminal figure in the development of seventeenth-century Dutch genre painting and had numerous imitators. The crudeness of this copy suggests it was taken from an etching, known to have been produced in nine states in 1648. | Subjects: | everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ostade, Adriaen van (Dutch draftsman and painter, 1610-1685) Æ After Previously attributed to Teniers, David, II (Flemish painter, 1610-1690) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8503... | Go to resource |
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