Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

Quick Overview

Artist: Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, Haarlem 1610–1685 Haarlem)
Date: 1673
Medium: Pen and brown ink, watercolor, white heightening, over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink and gold
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 7 15/16 in. (24.4 x 20.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Lore Heinemann, in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann, 1996
Accession no.: 1997.117.10

Man with a Tankard at a Window
Adriaen van Ostade
1650–60 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001079
Merrymakers in an Inn
Adriaen van Ostade
1674 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001545
Sketches of Peasants Playing Dice and Skating; Sketch of Boy on Sled
Adriaen van Ostade
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003991
Mother and Child with a Doll.
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019335

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.