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‘The Skaters’: Peasants in an Interior — History & Facts

Compared with the often ill-natured-looking drunkards of his teacher Adriaen Brouwer, the country folk in the paintings by Adriaen van Ostade are more mildmannered. They drink and smoke, but the atmosphere is generally peaceful. The pair of skates lying on the ground inspired the painting’s old, anecdotal title.

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Etching by Adriaen van Ostade depicting revelers in a tavern with candlelight.

Dans in de herberg

Adriaen van Ostade

Etching by Adriaen van Ostade depicting figures dancing in a rustic inn

Dance at the Inn

Adriaen van Ostade

Genre scene of travelers resting at a country inn, oil painting by Adriaen van Ostade.

Travellers Halted At A Country Inn

Adriaen van Ostade

Etching by Adriaen van Ostade depicting a lively tavern scene with people celebrating.

Dans in de herberg

Adriaen van Ostade

Genre scene of merrymakers in an inn, oil on panel by Adriaen van Ostade

Merrymakers in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade

Peasants brawling in a tavern, oil on panel by Adriaen van Ostade

Peasants Brawling in a Tavern

Adriaen van Ostade

Interior of a barn with farmers and sunlight by Adriaen van Ostade, oil painting

Interior of a Barn

Adriaen van Ostade

Genre scene of a man with a tankard, oil on panel by Adriaen van Ostade

Man with a Tankard at a Window

Adriaen van Ostade

Genre scene of a peasant in golden light, oil on panel by Adriaen van Ostade

The Merry Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade

Etching by Adriaen van Ostade depicting a peasant family around a table in warm light.

Boerengezin in interieur

Adriaen van Ostade

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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, oil on canvas by Georges Seurat, depicting a lively park scene.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

Georges Seurat

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet, oil on canvas, depicts a picnic scene with nude and clothed figures.

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe

Édouard Manet

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, oil on canvas depicting playful figures in a garden.

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer, oil on canvas, shows a maidservant pouring milk in a bright interior.

The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer

Vibrant cabaret scene, oil on canvas by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, oil painting depicting hunters in a snowy landscape.

Hunters in the Snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder