Adriaen van Ostade
Medium
mezzotint in red on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 23 x 17.2 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 27.2 x 21.5 cm (10 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2002.39.2
Art Historical Context
This striking mezzotint print, *Adriaen van Ostade*, a sensitive reproduction created by Dutch engraver Jacob Gole after a work by the renowned artist Adriaen van Ost (1610–1685). Produced around 1700, well after Ostade's death, it likely captures a portrait of the master himself, celebrating his legacy during the Dutch Golden Age. Ostade, a Haarlem-based painter, gained fame for his vivid genre scenes of peasants and everyday life, blending humor, realism, and Baroque drama in works that humanized the lower classes. The medium—a mezzotint in red ink on laid paper—highlights innovative 17th-c...