The Pious Old Couple (Vreedsamich Paer)

c. 1618

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 20.2 × 15 cm (8 × 5 15/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2023.253
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacques de Gheyn III. The Pious Old Couple (Vreedsamich Paer), c. 1618. Inventory 2023.253. Jacques de Gheyn III; Art Institute of Chicago. Collection credit: Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). https://www.artic.edu/artworks/267878. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression. Existing creator authority Q17343011 explicitly identifies Chicago artist 96697 and independently matching NGA constituent 4187. Local biography years remain None / None; Chicago numeric person fields are 1596 / 1641, while its object display is 'Jacques de Gheyn III \nDutch, c. 1596–1641'. NGA date wording 'Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641' remains separate source evidence. No biography field or creator link is rewritten. The exact existing physical object, inventory, date interval and unique native artist role were individually reviewed.

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago

About this artwork

The Pious Old Couple (Vreedsamich Paer) — Jacques de Gheyn III. c. 1618.

Medium: Etching on laid paper. Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 20.2 × 15 cm (8 × 5 15/16 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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