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Adriaen van Ostade

371 works

Adriaen van Ostade spent most of his life in Haarlem, painting tavern scenes, village fairs and the cottages of ordinary country people.

He was the eldest son of a weaver from the hamlet of Ostade near Eindhoven, and he took that name as a painter. The RKD says he became a pupil of Frans Hals and joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1634. A few years later, Rembrandt's influence suddenly changed his style. He ran a workshop whose pupils included Jan Steen, and he died in Haarlem in 1685. Browse 371 works by Adriaen van Ostade from 61 museums. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying. Source: Wikipedia

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Oil painting of a quack salesman in a red cap showing a bottle to villagers and children beside a tent and barrel.

The Quacksalver

1648

Painting of a gnarled oak under a dark stormy sky, with a small bridge and farm buildings in flat countryside beyond.

Landscape with an old oak

c. 1639 - c. 1641

Oil portrait of a seated man in black with white collar beside an open book, bookshelves and green curtain behind him.

Portrait of a Collector, possibly Constantijn Sennepart (1625-1703)

c. 1665

Oil painting of a laughing peasant man in a hat, holding a clay pipe and a jug against a dark background.

The Merry Peasant

c. 1646

Man in white shirt and red cap leaning from a window, blowing a long horn, with a leafy vine in a basket beside him.

A Baker Sounding his Horn

c. 1648

Painting of a fishwife cutting fish at a market stall, with townspeople and a church tower in the background.

The Fishwife

1672

Oil painting of a boy in a brown hat and dark jacket with white collar, turned toward the viewer on a round panel.

Portrait of a Boy

c. 1648 - c. 1655

Portrait of an elderly man in a fur hat and lace collar smiling while holding a metal tankard.

Man with a Tankard

Painting of a hurdy-gurdy player among villagers outside a brick farmhouse with a thatched roof and a large tree.

The Organ-Grinder Outside a Cottage

1640

Dark painting of peasants slaughtering a pig by torchlight beside a thatched cottage at night.

Slaughtering a Pig by Torchlight

1637

Peasants drinking and playing fiddle in a dim inn courtyard beside a brick archway, with a white dog and a child.

Peasants at an Inn

1662

Three men drinking and making music in a tavern, one playing violin by an open window, another raising a glass.

The Merry Drinkers

1659

Dim peasant interior with figures gathered by a stone hearth, a woman and child, a dog, and skates on the floor.

‘The skaters’: peasant company in interior

1650

Dark interior scene of men fighting over cards in a rustic room, with children and a dog watching from the shadows.

Card-Players Fighting

Dark interior genre scene of peasants in a barn, one smoking a pipe, with a hearth, bread baskets and a seated figure in gree

Four Peasants in a Barn

Dim tavern interior with peasants playing cards, a woman with a child, and a man sprawled on the floor beside a jug.

Inn Scene

1650

Interior of a painter's studio with a man painting at an easel beside a window, with figures working at a table and a sleepin

Painter's studio

1670

Men resting on benches under a tree in a courtyard, one holding a jug and another smoking a pipe, by Ostade.

Resting travellers

1671

Painting of a quack doctor in a red turban addressing villagers and a child beside a tent and barrel under a large tree.

The quack doctor

1648

Painting of a man in a white shirt and red cap blowing a horn at a window, with a leafy vine in a basket beside him.

A baker blowing on his horn

1630

Man in white shirt playing a dulcimer while children watch in a rustic interior with barrels and wooden beams.

Player on a dulcimer

1675

Peasants drinking, smoking and playing backgammon in a rustic tavern room with hanging hams and a large fireplace.

Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678

1678

Seated woman in a dark bodice spinning thread beside a wooden barrel and stone jug in a dim interior.

Spinner

Peasants playing a ball game in an inn garden under a large tree, with thatched cottages and men drinking at a table.

Ballplayers in the inn garden

1660

Peasants dance and drink in a dim rustic tavern with a large hearth, wooden beams, and a stoneware jug on the floor.

Peasants Dancing in a Tavern

1659

Three men smoke and drink at a wooden table in a rustic tavern, with a woman working by a window behind them.

Three Drinking and Smoking Farmers in a Tavern

1667

Interior of a peasant cottage with a family at a table, a woman holding a baby, a child eating, and a dog.

The Interior of a Peasant's Cottage

1668

Elderly couple in a leafy arbour, the man pouring from a pewter jug while the woman holds a wine glass beside a waffle.

An elderly Couple in an Arbour

1670

Painting of a tavern brawl in a dim interior, with men and a woman fighting over barrels while a child flees at left.

Brawl

1637

Peasants dance and gather at a village festival outside a tavern, with a church spire in the distance.

Village Festival with Dancing Peasant Couple

1660

Dim tavern interior with peasants smoking and drinking around a wooden table beneath a sloping beamed ceiling.

Zechende und rauchende Bauern

Painting of a man in a red cap raising a clay pipe and gazing upward beside a leaded glass window in a dim interior.

The Smoker

1655