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Travellers Halting at an Inn
| Date | 1645 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
| Size（cm） | 89 x 81 |
| Inscriptions | Signed and dated lower right: Isaak.van.Ostade / 1645 |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1977-0003 |
This work rich in genre and landscape elements is signed and dated 1645 in the lower right of the image, indicating that it was created two years after Ostade registered with the Haarlem painter's guild. Ostade, like Philips Wouverman, another painter active during this period in Haarlem, was known as a painter of these scenes of travelers resting before an inn or hostelry. The warm color range and superb composition, which effectively lend the image depth, and Ostade's trademark use of a white horse, all speak of Ostade's work. We can also sense a touch of the Rococo in the depicting of a woman carrying buckets suspended from a pole over her shoulders in the foreground. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no. 36)
Provenance
Van Loone, Amsterdam, 1829-42; Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Paris, 1878; E. Speelman Ltd., London; Private collection, Washington; Purchased by the NMWA, 1977.
Exhibition History
- 1966
- The age of Rembrandt, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, 10 October 1966 - 13 November 1966, Toledo Museum of Art, Toredo, OH, 26 November 1966-8 January 1967; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 21 January 1967-5 March 1967, cat. no. 89
- 1978
- European Landscape Painting, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, 3 November 1978 - 15 January 1979, cat. no. 18
Bibliography
- 1829
- Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. pt. 1, London, 1829, p. 196, no. 63.
- 1910
- Hofstede de Groot, C. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, based on the works of John Smith. vol. 3, London, 1910, p. 449, no. 30.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 15, col. repr.
- 1979
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 12 (1977), 1979, Koshi, Koichi. New acquisitions (Painting). pp. 8-10, New acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 18-19, col. repr. (frontispiece).
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 205, repr.
- 1989
- Kobayashi-Sato, Yoriko. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in Japan I. Annual Report Bridgestone Museum of Art & Ishibashi Museum of Art. no. 37 (1988), 1989, pp. 47-48, no. 23, repr.
- 2006
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 36, col. repr.
- 2009
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 36, col. repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 50, col. repr.
- 2018
- Kofuku, Akira. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. [Tokyo], The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Western Art Foundation, 2018, pp. 124-125, no. 35, col. repr.