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Ostade, Adriaen van. The Dance in the Inn, 1652. etching, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1943.608. CC0.
The Dance in the Inn
1652
Adriaen van Ostade
Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1684)
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The Dance in the Inn, 1652. Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1684). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1943.608
Inscription: With the stomping figures and gathering of drinking, smoking, and canoodling revelers, Ostade captured the raw spirit of tavern music and the earthy vitality of peasant songs. The tree visible behind the fiddler suggests that this may be a May Day celebration, whose festivities heralded the arrival of spring.