Adriaen van OstadeDutch, 1610–1684Seated, Hunched Over Man
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Seated, Hunched Over Man” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Adriaen van Ostade often made preparatory drawings for his compositions. Here he worked out the man leaning over the lower half of a door. The blue paper allowed him to draw the shapes in black chalk as well as experiment with the distribution of light using white chalk. The heavily accentuated areas on the man’s jaw and around his hands suggest this was the first drawing for the composition.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-1981-283
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Adriaen van Ostade
The whole life1627
Apprenticeship with Frans Hals
According to the RKD, in 1627 Ostade became a pupil of the portraitist Frans Hals and initially worked in his manner.
1627 · Workplace
Haarlem
1632 · Workplace
Utrecht
1634–1684 · Workplace
Haarlem
c. 1638 – 1640
Stylistic turning point under Rembrandt's influence
Around 1638 or 1640 the influence of Rembrandt abruptly changed Ostade's style: he painted "The Annunciation to the Shepherds" (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick), with the principal groups dramatically lit by rays breaking through a gloomy sky.
1685
Died
