Rijksmuseum

Bust of an Old Peasant Wearing a Pointed Hat

Date

1648 - 1650

Medium

paper

Culture

Haarlem

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This group of impressions (and copper plates) nicely encapsulates the breadth of Adriaen van Ostade’s etched oeuvre. He specialized in depictions of rural life with peasants in inns, at their farms, or dancing in the village square. Peasants are depicted both individually and as groups: playing the hurdy-gurdy, conversing, listening to buskers, or humbly saying grace before their meal.

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