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Man with a Tankard
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Man with a Tankard

Date unknown

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

10 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (25.7 x 21.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

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.