Ostade Adriaen van (1610 - 1685)

Son of a linen-weaver, van Ostade, like the slightly older Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer (p 70) was an outstanding representative of Dutch peasant genre painting. His earliest dated works are from 1633. The following year he was already a respected member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. He had many pupils, including Cornelis Bega (1631/32–1664) and Jan Steen (1626–1679). His extensive oeuvre includes hundreds of paintings, drawings and fifty engravings.

Author: Oehring Erika

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 50