Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter
Adriaen van Ostade
Peasant with a red cap holding a jug
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January 30, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter
Adriaen van Ostade
Haarlem 1610-1685
Peasant with a red cap holding a jug
signed and dated center right: AvOstade / 1637
oil on panel
panel: 6 3/4 by 5 5/8 in.; 17 by 14.5 cm.
framed: 12 1/4 by 11 1/2 in.; 31.1 by 29 cm.
Prince Hatzfeldt (according to labels on the reverse);
With Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna;
From whom acquired, 1960.
Signed and dated 1637, this painting dates to the early career of Adriaen van Ostade's, who registered in his native Haarlem's guild of St. Luke in 1634. In its rapid and fluid brushwork, as well as in its restrained palette, it is reminiscent of Adriaen Brouwer (1605/6-1638), who had a strong influence on the young Van Ostade. Similar depictions of peasants, of comparable dimensions and dating, include Ostade's Merry Peasant in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam1 as well as his pair of ovals in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.2
1. Inv. no. 302, oil on panel, 16.5 by 14.5 cm. See https://rkd.nl/explore/images/25280
2. Inv. nos. 1635-1636, oil on panel, 15.5 by 12.5 cm. See https://rkd.nl/explore/images/25282 and https://rkd.nl/explore/images/25283.