# Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

**Adriaen van Ostade** (Dutch, 1610–1685)  
1673  
Pen and brown ink, watercolor, white heightening, over graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink and gold  
9 5/8 x 7 15/16 in. (24.4 x 20.2 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.117.10. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337632).

## About this work

Adriaen van Ostade painted this in 1673, aged 63. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.

### [Adriaen van Ostade](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/adriaen-van-ostade)

Dutch, 1610–1685; born in Haarlem; died in Haarlem

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was 63
- Real size: about 9½ × 8 in (24 × 20 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: Interiors, Children, Men, Women, Reading, Looms, Spinning Wheel
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1027.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1027/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/reading-the-news-at-the-weavers-cottage-met-337632).