Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 389 works by Adriaen van Ostade in our catalogue
In short
Painter in His Studio (1650) is the Adriaen van Ostade painting that draws the most eyes; the original belongs to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. After it, the eye goes to Slaughtered Pig in a Barn (1643) and Peasants Playing Cards (1655). Among the 389 works of Adriaen van Ostade in our catalog, these 100 are the most famous, each a unique original presented with its year, its museum and the reason it endures.
A single light source spills from a window on the left, cutting through the dimness of a 17th-century Dutch studio. This light finds the central figure: a painter seated at his easel, lost in the slow rhythm of creation. The room is a collection of heavy textures and muted tones. Deep browns and umbers settle into the corners, while warm ochre illuminates the tools of the trade. A second figure…
The air inside the barn feels heavy, thick with the scent of damp earth and the metallic tang of fresh blood. In the center of this dim, wooden sanctuary, a large, pale carcass hangs from the rafters, its fleshy tones glowing against the deep shadows of the structure. This is no idealized pastoral scene; it is a raw, unidealized moment of rural survival. The pig, recently slaughtered, hangs by its…
Three figures lean inward, their bodies forming a tight triangle around a small wooden stool. This stool acts as a makeshift table, the center of a silent, focused world. The room is dim, a rustic interior where the air feels heavy with the scent of wood and old cloth. Light spills from an unseen source to the left, cutting through the gloom to strike the weathered hands and concentrated faces…
A single light source carves a path through the gloom of a rustic interior. In this dim space, a man sits in a blue jacket, his form anchored by the weight of the shadows. He holds a long pipe, a thin line of leisure amidst the heavy, earthy tones of the room. Beside him, a second figure leans into the light, a presence felt in the soft, blended edges of…
A group of peasants gathers around a small wooden table within a dimly lit, cavernous interior. The scene captures a moment of unrefined enjoyment, centered on the visceral act of eating and drinking. Figures are positioned in a tight, intimate composition, their bodies leaning into the shared space of the meal. Warm, earthy tones of ochre, deep brown, and umber dominate the palette, punctuated by muted reds and blues in…
The air in the room feels heavy with the scent of damp linen and woodsmoke. A single, unseen light source cuts through the gloom, casting a sharp chiaroscuro across the scene. It finds the curve of a shoulder and the rough texture of a garment, leaving the corners of the cottage to dissolve into deep, umber shadows. A woman moves within this dim space, her hands occupied with the repetitive,…
A single, unseen light source carves a path through the gloom of a rustic cottage. In this dim interior, the air feels heavy with the scent of woodsmoke and damp earth. Two figures sit anchored in the shadows, their bodies slumped with the quiet fatigue of a day's labor. The man, wearing a red cap, rests near a stone bench, while a woman moves through the dimness near a hearth.…
A group of peasants gathers within a dimly lit, rustic interior, caught in a moment of uninhibited celebration. The scene is centered around a cluster of figures engaged in drinking and boisterous activity, their postures slumped in various states of merriment. Light emanates from an unseen source on the left, casting sharp highlights across white shirts and faces while leaving the cavernous background in deep shadow. This use of chiaroscuro…
Peasants Drinking And Making Music In A Barn is an oil on panel work by Adriaen van Ostade. Created in 1647, the painting emerges from the Dutch Golden Age. It belongs to the tradition of Dutch Golden Age genre painting, a period defined by the meticulous observation of the everyday. The scene captures a specific slice of Early Modern life, focusing on the textures of rural existence.
Step into the dim, amber-hued atmosphere of this 1665 tavern scene. We find ourselves in a rustic interior, where the air feels heavy with the scent of woodsmoke and the low murmur of conversation. Seven figures are gathered around a central table, their bodies arranged in a loose triangular composition that draws the eye inward toward their shared interaction. There is a sense of unhurried time here. The light, likely…
A baker blowing his horn1650 · Rijksmuseum
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A Woman with a Beer-jug1670 · Dulwich Picture Gallery
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Peasants in a barn1647 · Kunsthistorisches Museum
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A Man feeling his Purse (Touch)1650 · National Gallery Prague
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Head of a Laughing Peasant1646 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Portrait of a Woman1651 · Hermitage Museum
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Peasants Drinking and Smoking1643 · Nationalmuseum
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Tavern Scene1665
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Interior with Peasants by a Fire1650 · Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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The Feather-cutter1645 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Rural Concert1650 · Hermitage Museum
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Woman in a Window, with Beer-glass and Jug1665 · Kunsthistorisches Museum
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The Organ-Grinder Outside a Cottage1640 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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An Evening Scene in a Tavern, with a Fiddler1655 · Royal Collection
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Peasants Drinking and Making Music1647 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Peasant Inn1660 · Staatliches Museum Schwerin
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Rural Feast1640 · Hermitage Museum
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A Man Smoking1670 · Dulwich Picture Gallery
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Lawyer at his Desk1664 · Nationalmuseum
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Bust of an Old Peasant Woman Holding a Jug1650 · Nationalmuseum
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Smoker1655 · Hermitage Museum
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Peasants Making Merry1640 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Peasants in a Rustic Interior1634 · Detroit Institute of Arts
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Interior with Peasants1663 · Wallace Collection
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Dancing couple1650 · Rijksmuseum
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A Peasant Leaning on a Window Ledge1670 · Royal Collection
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The Quack1648 · Rijksmuseum
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A Pig's Carcass1665 · Kröller-Müller Museum
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Two Peasants Smoking1664 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Men and Women at a Country Inn1674 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Reading a Jest in the Village Inn1630 · Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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Two Peasants Feasting1664 · Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Feather Cutter1600 · The Art Museum RIGA BOURSE
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Family in a Barn1630
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Four Drinking and Smoking Peasants, a Woman in the Background by the Fireplace1635
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Seated Man with Wine Glass and Pitcher1635
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Peasants singing in a barn1635 · Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum
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Carousing peasants in a barn1635
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Interior of a butcher's shop1630
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Two Men Drinking1632
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Dancing Peasants with a Bagpiper in an Interior1635
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Boors Drinking in a Barn1635 · National Gallery of Ireland
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The Ballad-Monger1635 · Holburne Museum
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Four Peasants Drinking and Smoking at an Inn1630 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Carousing Peasants1630 · Norton Simon Museum
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Merry peasant company in a an interior1635 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Interior of a Tavern with a Five Peasants and a Woman1646 · Royal Collection
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Peasant family indoors (In the kitchen).1630 · National Museum in Warsaw
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Cottage Interior with Four Peasants1630 · Hallwyl Museum
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A Fight1635
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Man in Reddish-Brown Robe1647 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Portrait of a Peasant1647 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Dancing Farmers in an Inn1645
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A Woman reading the News in front of a Cottage1644 · Museum der bildenden Künste
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Tavern interior with peasants playing cards, smoking and drinking1648
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Peasants making music1640
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A Peasant Family eating in an Interior1637 · Ashmolean Museum
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The tric-trac game1660 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Peasant company in an interior with a man with a violin1644 · Gebruder Douwes
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A Man Holding a Lantern in a Window1640
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The tavern1647 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Farmer's tavern1647 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Character Head of a Man (Facing Right)1642 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Cottage Interior1642
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A Man Smoking in an Inn1645
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A Man Smoking a Pipe1636
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The Doctor1647
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A Room in a Cottage1636 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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Two Peasants Fighting with Knives1640 · Statens Museum For Kunst
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Farmer returning from market with a pig1644 · Frans Hals Museum
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Two peasants smoking, drinking and reading in an interior1640
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Peasants sitting and drinking in a barn with a dog1637 · National Museum
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Three Peasants Drinking and Smoking1640 · Harvard Art Museums
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The Family1647
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The Family1647
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Quarrel1640
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A Village Festival1657 · Limburg Museum
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Two Men and Woman with a Letter1651
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Peasants in the Tavern1656
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Peasant Inn1658
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A Peasant Woman1655
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An Itinerant Hurdy-Gurdy Player by the Door of a House1655
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Three Boors drinking and Smoking in the Spirit House1660
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Feeling1655 · New York Historical Society
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Hearing1655 · New York Historical Society
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Taste1655 · New York Historical Society
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Sight1655 · New York Historical Society
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Smell1655 · New York Historical Society
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Peasant Family and a Dog beside a Hearth1649
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Peasant Dance by a Tavern1654
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 8 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Adriaen van Ostade | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hermitage Museum |
Saint Petersburg | 17 | Sense of Taste, Portrait of a Woman, Rural Concert |
 Bavarian State Painting Collections |
Munich | 8 | Merry peasant company in a an interior, Man in Reddish-Brown Robe, Portrait of a Peasant |
 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe |
Carlsruhe | 6 | The Smoker, A Fisherman's Family in their Cottage, The Feather-cutter |
 New York Historical Society |
New York City | 5 | Feeling, Hearing, Taste |
 Royal Collection |
London | 8 | 7 Peasants in a Tavern, An Evening Scene in a Tavern, with a Fiddler, A Peasant Leaning on a Window Ledge |
 Rijksmuseum |
Amsterdam | 14 | A baker blowing his horn, Dancing couple, The Quack |
 Nationalmuseum |
Stockholm | 8 | Peasants Drinking and Smoking, Lawyer at his Desk, Bust of an Old Peasant Woman Holding a Jug |
 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden |
Dresden | 6 | Two Peasants Smoking, Men and Women at a Country Inn, Two Peasants Feasting |
Pick a decade to see the original that defines it.
A group of peasants gathers around a small wooden table within a dimly lit, cavernous interior. The scene captures a moment of unrefined enjoyment, centered on the visceral act of eating and drinking. Figures are positioned in a tight, intimate composition, their bodies leaning into the shared space of the meal. Warm, earthy tones of ochre, deep brown, and umber dominate the palette, punctuated by muted reds and blues in…
The air inside the barn feels heavy, thick with the scent of damp earth and the metallic tang of fresh blood. In the center of this dim, wooden sanctuary, a large, pale carcass hangs from the rafters, its fleshy tones glowing against the deep shadows of the structure. This is no idealized pastoral scene; it is a raw, unidealized moment of rural survival. The pig, recently slaughtered, hangs by its…
A single light source spills from a window on the left, cutting through the dimness of a 17th-century Dutch studio. This light finds the central figure: a painter seated at his easel, lost in the slow rhythm of creation. The room is a collection of heavy textures and muted tones. Deep browns and umbers settle into the corners, while warm ochre illuminates the tools of the trade. A second figure…
A single light source carves a path through the gloom of a rustic interior. In this dim space, a man sits in a blue jacket, his form anchored by the weight of the shadows. He holds a long pipe, a thin line of leisure amidst the heavy, earthy tones of the room. Beside him, a second figure leans into the light, a presence felt in the soft, blended edges of…
The room is dim, held in a soft, amber-hued stillness that feels as though the air itself has slowed. A single woman sits at a table, her presence anchoring the entire composition. She is caught in a moment of private repose, her gaze cast downward toward a ceramic vessel. The light finds her face and the crisp white of her headscarf, pulling her features out of the surrounding shadows. There…
Painter in His Studio (1650), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. Slaughtered Pig in a Barn (1643) and Peasants Playing Cards (1655) come next.
40 years old: Painter in His Studio dates from 1650, and Adriaen van Ostade was born in 1610.
Painter in His Studio, Slaughtered Pig in a Barn, Peasants Playing Cards, The Smoker, Sense of Taste, Washing Woman, A Fisherman's Family in their Cottage, Peasants Making Merry, Peasants Drinking And Making Music In A Barn and 7 Peasants in a Tavern. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 389 works by Adriaen van Ostade, dated from 1630 to 1674.
Mostly in Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg), Bavarian State Painting Collections (Munich) and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (Carlsruhe). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1640s: 33 of the 100 works on this page were made then, Slaughtered Pig in a Barn among them.
On this page, the earliest is Peasants Making Merry (1630) and the latest Men and Women at a Country Inn (1674).
People (54), Table (34) and Earthy tones (31), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Panel, for 60 of the 100 works on this page.
Baroque and Dutch golden age, judging by the originals on this page.
Sense of Taste, Portrait of a Woman and Rural Concert: the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg holds 5 of the works on this page.
