We have an actual Ostade! A genuine etching from a long damn time ago. I'm not gonna say it was made during his lifetime but I sure would like to believe that.Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) is a total artistic heavyweight. A contemporary of David Teniers the Younger and Adriaen Brouwer, he spent his life in deliniation of the homeliest subjects: tavern scenes, village fairs and country quarters. The people depicted by Ostade are short and ill-favoured, marked with adversity's stamp in feature and dress.
This piece is called "The Singers."
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