# Landscape with an old oak

- By: Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem, 1610–1685)
- Date: c. 1639 - c. 1641
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 4.5 cm (support incl. frame)
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4093--609c4dde9b83cfa357c872ed1b999f71)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/JRUtK/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Adriaen van Ostade from Haarlem painted not only a great many genre scenes with farming folk, but also several landscapes. This painting, with its dramatic contrast between light and shadow, betrays the influence of Rembrandt.