The Pater Familias
Medium
Copper etching plate
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (13 x 9.6 cm)
Classification
Plates
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Janet Lee Kadesky Ruttenberg Fund, in honor of Colta Ives, and Barbara and Howard Fox Gift, 2011
Accession Number
2011.294
Tags
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 ...