Boerenherberg met paard aan de trog
Isaac van Ostade
1643
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
52; 69
About this artwork
oil on panel
Art Historical Context
Isaac van Ostade's *Boerenherberg met aan de trog* (Peasant Inn with Horse at the Trough), painted in 1643, a slice of everyday Dutch rural life during the Golden Age. This oil on panel (52 × 69 cm) depicts humble inn where peasants gather, with a horse drinking from a trough in the foreground, evoking warmth and bustle of 17th-century countryside taverns. Van Ostade, a master of genre scenes, drew from his Haarlem roots to portray ordinary folk with lively realism, often infusing his works with subtle humor and social observation. As the younger brother of renowned painter Adriaen van Ostade...