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Dance Under the Trellis
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Dance Under the Trellis

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 5 1/8 x 7 5/16 in. (13 x 18.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Helmuth Nathan, 1989

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Adriaen van Ostade

1610–1685Dutch Republic

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 that captured the everyday existence of common folk with humor, humanity, and remarkable technical skill.