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The Pater Familias
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The Pater Familias

Adriaen van Ostade

1648

Medium

Copper etching plate

Tags

MenWomenFamily

Dimensions

Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (13 x 9.6 cm)

Collection

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

Classification

Plates

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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