Adriaen van Ostade
The Fight with Knives
1653
Physical Qualities
Etching, 127 × 146 mm. (5 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1943.32.118
Collection marks of Carl Schlosser (Lugt 636) and Gen. Lawrason Riggs on back.
Inscribed: Signed l/l of plate, Av. ostade 1653. Pencil note on mount reads: "The portion of the wall / between the woman and / the man who defends himself / is almost white" [from orange index card].
Markings: CM: Carl Schlösser (Lugt 636) and Gen. Lawrason Riggs on verso.
