Maker/Artist
Ostade, Adriaen van
Dutch painter, printmaker, 1610-1685
Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade, whose surname refers to his family's native village on the outskirts of Eindhoven, was the elder brother and master of Isaack van Ostade. According to Houbraken, Adriaen was in the studio of Frans Hals, along with Brouwer. He entered into the guild in Haarlem in 1634 was its commissioner in 1646 and 1661, and dean in 1662. Comment on works: Genre
