ADRIAEN JANSZ VAN OSTADE (GERMANY/HOLLAND, 1610-1685)
"Peasants Dancing in a Barn", oil on mitered oak panel, signed lower center 'Ostade', depicting a man and a woman dancing merrily to a fiddler and the songs of other companions, in a dark barn interior familar as a setting by Ostade, with possible repeat characters and props from earlier works. Housed in a gilt molded frame with nametag, OS: 22" x 30", SS: 16 3/4" x 25 1/4", minor retouches, repaired horizontal centerline crack, re-varnished.
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"Peasants Dancing in a Barn", oil on mitered oak panel, signed lower center 'Ostade', depicting a man and a woman dancing merrily to a fiddler and the songs of other companions, in a dark barn interior familar as a setting by Ostade, with possible repeat characters and props from earlier works. Housed in a gilt molded frame with nametag, OS: 22" x 30", SS: 16 3/4" x 25 1/4", minor retouches, repaired horizontal centerline crack, re-varnished.