Baker Blowing Horn
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Plate: 4 1/16 x 3 7/16 in. (10.3 x 8.7 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 × 4 1/2 in. (13 × 11.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1986
Accession Number
1986.1180.1357
Tags
MenHornsBakers
About the Artist
Adriaen van Ostade · 1610–1685
Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (1610-1685) was a Dutch Baroque painter and printmaker who specialized in genre scenes of peasant life. Born and raised in Haarlem, he became one of the most prolific and celebrated artists of the Dutch Golden Age, producing over 800 paintings, 50 etchings, and numerous drawings. Van Ostade's significance in art history lies in his masterful depiction of peasant life, a ...