The Dance in the Inn

Adriaen van Ostade1652

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Title: The Dance in the Inn
Creator: Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610-1684)
Date Created: 1652
Provenance: Rudolf Peltzer, M. Knoedler & Co., Rudolf Peltzer; (M. Knoedler & Co.)
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.608
Medium: etching
Inscriptions: 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.
Department: Prints
Culture: Netherlands, 17th century
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
Collection: PR - Etching
Accession Number: 1943.608

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