1647
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Peasant with his hand in his cloak is a 1647 by Adriaen van Ostade, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a man standing sideways, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long coat. His left hand is tucked inside his cloak, while his right hand rests on his hip. The lines are rough and quick, giving the drawing a scratchy, unfinished look. The background is almost blank, with just a hint of ground under his feet. The artist focused on the folds of his clothes and the way light hits his face. This style was common in Dutch drawings of everyday people. Next, check out Baroque for more art like this.
Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing the everyday life of ordinary men and women.
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