Adriaen’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Maria Magdalena of Austria
Adriaen Haelwegh (Dutch, born 1637) published by Giuseppe Allegrini, Florence, 1761

Christina of Lorraine
Adriaen Haelwegh (Dutch, born 1637) published by Giuseppe Allegrini, Florence, 1761

Cosimo I de' Medici
Adriaen Haelwegh (Dutch, born 1637) published by Giuseppe Allegrini, Florence, 1761

Garcia de' Medici
Adriaen Haelwegh (Dutch, born 1637) published by Giuseppe Allegrini, Florence, 1761

Pastoral Landscape with Ruins
Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636–1672)

Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain
Adriaen van der Spelt (Dutch, 1630–1673) Frans van Mieris (Dutch, 1635–1681)

Merrymakers in an Inn
Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685)

Diana and Her Nymphs with the Ox Hunt
With a scene after an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560–1618) after Hans Bol (1534–1593), Ox Hunt Brussels

Adriaen Pauw, Lord of Heemstede
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592-1656)

The Two Gossips
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685

Virgin and Child
Workshop of Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, c. 1485–1551)

The Woman Spinning
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685

The Barn
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685

Virgin and Child
Circle of Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, c. 1485–1551)

Judgment of Paris
Adriaen Collaert, II Flemish, 1560-1618

Village Romance
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685

The Pater Familias
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685

Man and Woman Talking
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685

Neptune as a River God, plate two from The Judgment of Paris
Adriaen Collaert, II Flemish, 1560-1618

The Family
Adriaen van Ostade Dutch, 1610-1685