Adriaen van Ostade
Two peasants in a barn
Lot Closed
March 24, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Circle of Adriaen van Ostade, second half of the 1630s
Two peasants in a barn
possible traces of a signature lower centre
oil on oak panel
unframed: 15.2 x 24.5 cm.; 6 x 9 5/8 in.
framed: 26.5 x 35 cm.; 10 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.
This work appears to have been painted in the immediate circle of Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85) in the second half of the 1630s, which was also the period in which Isaac van Ostade (1621-49), Adriaen's younger brother, was active in Adriaen's studio. Compare, for example, the painting by Adriaen van Ostade, sold London, Sotheby's, 3 July 1997, lot 4.1We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for his help in the cataloguing of this lot.
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