A peasant family by a fireplace in a barn

Details

Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-1685)
A peasant family by a fireplace in a barn
signed 'AV ostade' (AV linked, lower left)
oil on panel
31.6 x 41.5 cm.

Provenance

Dr. W. Baare, Bochum (according to a label on reverse).

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Bernhard Schnackenburg for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 20 February 2007). He points out that it is an early work datable to circa 1640 and can be compared to a painting, dated 1639, with Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1991, lot 34.

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