Adriaen van OstadeDutch, 1610–1684May one see it?
Bratislava, Slovakia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
1634–1684 · Workplace
Haarlem
1657
Second marriage: wedding to Anna Ingels
In 1657 the widowed Ostade married Anna Ingels.
1662–1663
Dean of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
In 1662 and again in 1663 Ostade is recorded as dean (warden) of the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem.
1666
Widowed a second time
In 1666 Ostade was widowed once again.
1672
Attempted flight to Lübeck in the "year of disaster"
In 1672 (the "rampjaar") Ostade packed up his belongings intending to flee to Lübeck, but got only as far as Amsterdam, where the collector Constantijn Sennepart persuaded him to stay. In his house the artist created a series of colored drawings, later bought by Jonas Witsen for 1,300 florins.