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Peasant Woman

Adriaen van Ostade

1610–85

Medium

Etching

Tags

PortraitsWomen

Dimensions

plate: 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3 x 3 cm) sheet: 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. (3.5 x 3.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1961

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Adriaen van Ostade

1610–1685 • Dutch 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.

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