Man with a Tankard at a Window

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

1650–60

Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685)

One of the great chroniclers of gaiety and folly in the latter half of the 17th century, Adraien van Ostade established the Dutch taste for small-scale scenes of figures drinking and smoking at windows. This image of a man leaning jauntily against a window frame with a tankard in his hand demonstrates the amused character and casual pose the artist applied to many of his subjects. Picturesque details like the vines and leaded glass above the man’s head can be found in other small paintings by Van Ostade of women at windows, suggesting that he may have conceived of these cheerful works in pairs.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Adriaen van Ostade
Title: Man with a Tankard at a Window
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1650–1660
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: 28.1 × 23 cm (11 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Reference Number: 1933.1089
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Indianapolis, IN, John Herron Art Institute, Dutch Paintings, Etchings, Drawings, Delftware of the Seventeenth Century, Feb. 27–Apr. 11, 1937, cat. 53 as Ribald Fleming.

Demidoff Collection [Durand-Ruel invoice, July 17, 1890; copy in curatorial object file]. Gustave Rothan (1822-1890), Paris, until 1890; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 29, 1890, lot 80 to Durand-Ruel as agent for Martin A. Ryerson [annotated sale catalogue and shipping receipt from Durand-Ruel to Ryerson in curatorial object file]; Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago, 1890 to 1932 [shipping receipt from Durand-Ruel to Ryerson in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.

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