The Merry Peasant, by Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1646
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The Merry Peasant

Also titled De vrolijke boer

Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem, 1610–1685)

c. 1646

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
outer size: height 21.6 cm x width 19.1 cm x depth 1.8 cm (support incl. frame)
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

De vrolijke boer. Een lachende man met een aardewerken kruik in de handen.