Adriaen van Ostade (Haarlem 1610-Haarlem 1685)
Three Peasants in a Tavern, round a Fire Signed and dated 1667
Oil on panel | 24.7 x 20.5 x 0.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 407276
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Like CW 130 404619 a depiction of bleary-headed smokers in the manner of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Within a simple tavern, two men sit before a small fire in a large open fireplace, right, coversing with a third who stands, centre, leaning on a chair back and holding a clay pipe; three others at a table beneath a window in background. Inscribed lower right: 'Av Ostade / 1667'
Provenance
Purchased by George IV from Sir Thomas Baring as part of a group of 86 Dutch and Flemish paintings, most of which were collected by Sir Thomas’s father, Sir Francis Baring; they arrived at Carlton House on 6 May 1814; recorded in the anti-room to the Dining Room at Carlton House in 1816 (no 88); in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1841 (no 15)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
24.7 x 20.5 x 0.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
41.6 x 38.0 x 4.1 cm (frame, external)
Other number(s)
Alternative title(s)
Tavern Scene
