Messenslijper aan het werk bij een schoenmaker 1669 - 1941

"Messenslijper aan het werk bij een schoenmaker" (Knife Grinder at Work with a Shoemaker) is an etching by Adriaen van Ostade, a prominent Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, created between 1669 and 1941. The artwork, housed in the Rijksmuseum, depicts a scene of daily life in 17th-century Netherlands, with a knife grinder sharpening his tools while a shoemaker works nearby. Van Ostade's masterful use of etching technique creates a detailed and realistic depiction of the scene, capturing the gritty realism of everyday life in the Dutch Golden Age.