# Peasants in an Interior [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [OSTADE, Adriaen Jansz. van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on copper, 37 x 47 cm ## Commentary The grotesque peasants carousing, brawling, or engaged in swinish gluttony in disorderly hovels are characteristic of Ostade's boisterous work of his early phase. In the 1640s his interiors gain in spaciousness and atmosphere. By the middle of the century Ostade had changed to a more idyllic style. His figures became calmer and more respectable. There is a new emphasis on local colour and an orderly arrangement. The reason for the shift in Ostade's mood has not been established. Perhaps it is related to a change in his clientele, to his own conception of himself, and his ideas about his task as an artist. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 9 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/vivaldi\_rv180\_piacere.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV 180 \(Il Piacere, The Pleasure\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [A Fight]() - [A Man With Pince-Nez \(The Sense of Sight\)]() - [Alchemist]() - [Barber Extracting of Tooth]() - [Brawl]() - [Carousing Peasants in a Tavern]() - [Comedian Reading in a Tavern]() - [Cutting the Feather]() - [Feasting Peasants in a Tavern]() - [Flute Player]() - [Inn Scene]() - [Interior of a Farmhouse with Skaters]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()