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Peasant family by the fireplace
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A family is gathered about the hearth in a meagre interior. By the fire, the oldest of the girls is drying a cloth. The mother is sitting beside a cradle feeding porridge to the youngest, while father and son look on. It was a favourite theme of Adriaen van Ostade’s, and he often introduced tiny variations: there was evidently considerable demand for these depictions of this simple, yet contented family.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBoerenfamilie bij de haard. 1650 - 1660. Adriaen van Ostade. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
