About this artwork
This drawing was initially attributed to Isaac’s elder brother Adriaen, partly due to the inscription "A.V. ostade", but on stylistic grounds it is now thought to be by Isaac. The drawing gives an insight into seventeenth-century Dutch village life and shows a simple interior with a sleeping peasant at the fireplace. Because of its sketchy character, the drawing may have been a preparatory study for a painting. Isaac van Ostade made several paintings of peasant interiors.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Isaac van Ostade (1621 - after 1649) Dutch
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title:Interior of a Peasant's Dwelling
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date created:About 1643
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materials:Pen, brown ink / wash over black chalk, on paper
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measurements:19.00 x 21.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1910
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accession number:D 3631 A
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gallery:
Isaac van Ostade
Isaac van Ostade
Isaac was the younger brother of the artist Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685), who was also his first teacher. The two prolific brothers worked mainly in their native city of Haarlem, and are most famous for their peasant and low-life genre scenes. Isaac became a master in the Haarlem Guild of St....