Dance Under the Trellis
Adriaen van Ostade
1610–85
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 5 1/8 x 7 5/16 in. (13 x 18.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Helmuth Nathan, 1989
Accession Number
1989.1116
Tags
MenWomenDancing
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 ...