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Cornelis Visscher

Interior in an Inn, called "The Skaters" (De Schaatsenrijder)

c. 1655
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper
42.7 × 34.5 cm (16.8 × 13.6 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Throughout his career, the Dutch painter Adriaen van Ostade depicted rustic genre scenes of peasants enjoying village pleasures; these had a major influence on the subject matter of Dutch art both during and after the 17th century. Cornelis Visscher’s work echoes the liveliness and warmth of Van Ostade’s, showing a merry group of peasants gathering in an interior to talk and enjoy a smoke. The small pair of skates on the floor in the center of the foreground indicates that the group may have returned from an afternoon of ice-skating, a popular leisure activity during the period.

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