Ausgelassene Bauern in einer Schenke
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)

Boisterous Peasants in a Tavern,

um 1635
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
28,8 x 36,3 cm
Displayed
AP OG Kabinett 21
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
864
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Zweibrücken
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Adriaen van Ostade, Ausgelassene Bauern in einer Schenke, um 1635, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/jpxeV1vLJ7 (Last updated on 28.08.2023)
Scenes of peasants fighting, merrily drinking or larking about served (see inv. no. 133) as a means of morally instructing and amusing the middle-class public while at the same time offering the painter an opportunity to combine the humorous with the repulsive, the grotesque with the bizarre.

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