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

Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)LinkedCulture matchlcp-f4e22d476508

Date: c. 1655
Medium: Etching and engraving on cream laid paper
Culture: Holland
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 9385

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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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