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Peasants fighting in an inn

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Peasants fighting in an inn

Adriaen van Ostade

mid 17th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and black ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (15.1 × 27.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Kenneth Grebinar, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019

Classification

Drawings

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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