Full Record |
| Title |
The Ballad Monger |
| Collection |
Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
| Artist |
Ostade, Adriaen van (Dutch draftsman and painter, 1610-1685) |
| Date |
1635 (dated) |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
Adriaen van Ostade was a pupil of Frans Hals and Adriaen Brouwer in Haarlem, and he was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St Luke by 1634. He painted animated scenes of peasants smoking, drinking and gambling, as well as more tranquil domestic genre scenes. Later still, he concentrated on landscape. Most of his paintings are signed and dated. His pupils included his brother Isack. |
| Current Accession Number |
A48 |
| Former Accession Number |
86; 48 |
| Inscription |
front 'A.V. Ostade 1635' |
| Subject |
figure; everyday life; buildings and gardens |
| Measurements |
61.2 x 51.5 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. |
| Provenance |
Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
Dutch 17th Century Genre exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1958. |
| Notes |
The model of Adriaen Brouwer was the point of departure for Van Ostade's early animated fight scenes, his parties of smoking, drinking, gambling, dancing and amorous peasants in colourful rags and settings of chaotic squalor. He also painted scenes of tranquil domestic comfort and single figure compositions, both half-length and head and shoulders. From 1636 he painted barn interiors with diminutive figures of peasants at work, and from 1640 he began to concentrate on landscape. By the 1650s, scenes of peasants drinking and gambling became the exception rather than the rule. Attributions and inventory numbers: Holburne catalogue1867, no. 86, as Adrian Ostade; Holburne catalogue 1887, no. 48, as Adrian Ostade. |
| Rights Owner |
© The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
| Author |
Rosie Broadley |
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