Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685)
Merrymakers in an Inn
INV-1174
Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685)1674
Merrymakers in an Inn
Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685) →17th Centurydutchoil on panelpaint
Date
1674
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
46.7 × 41 cm (18 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Framed: 64.8 × 58.7 × 7 cm (25 1/2 × 23 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
George B. and Mary R. Harris Fund
Over the course of a long and successful career in Haarlem, Adriaen van Ostade specialized in scenes of peasant life, including tavern scenes and village fairs. This late painting combines elements from both types, like smoking and drinking figures and musicians serenading a dancing couple. The artist used clear, relatively bright colors and fine brushwork, in keeping with the market demand of the later 1600s. Collectors also appreciated the range of emotions and gestures exhibited by Van Ostade’s jolly figures.
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