# Interior with a Peasant Family [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [OSTADE, Adriaen Jansz. van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on oakwood, 43,1 x 36,5 cm ## Commentary The farmer stands by the table slicing bread, the little boy wearing a red cap is drinking soup, a second child is offering scraps to the dog, while the mother is busy with the baby of the family. The intimate family atmosphere is enriched by the subtle details of the setting which is splendidly painted in colours with transparent glazes. The peasants in this picture do not seem to be so poor and oppressed as those shown in other examples of the Dutch peasant genre; the home is comparatively well arranged and gives no suggestion of the hopelessness of a poverty-stricken life. The painting is signed lower right: A v Ostaade 1647. ## 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]()