Adriaen van OstadeDutch, 1610–1684A Barbershop
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “A Barbershop” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
A hairdresser is lathering a customer’s chin, before shaving him. The man is holding a bowl himself, to catch the soap and hair. At the back of the shop, the barber – both surgeon and haircutter – is binding a patient’s shin, helped by an assistant. The shop is decorated with the mysterious implements of the barber’s trade: bottles and pots, a distiller’s flask and a mounted fish.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-1879-A-13
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
