1660
oil
panel
From the collection of Brooklyn Museum
Dominant colour
Peasant at a Window is a 1660 oil by Adriaen van Ostade, a Dutch Golden Age work, depicting Drinking, held at Brooklyn Museum.
This painting shows a man in a window, holding a tall, narrow glass with a brown liquid inside. He wears a dark jacket and a hat, and has a white ruffled collar. The window has a rounded top and a vine with green leaves growing above it. The man's face is turned slightly to the side, and his eyes are cast downward. His right hand holds the glass, and his left hand is not visible. The background of the painting is dark, which makes the man and the window stand out. The artist's use of light and shadow creates a sense of depth and volume in the painting. You might want to look up more paintings that use the technique of chiaroscuro.
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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