Adriaen Jansz van Ostade Adriaen Jansz van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his genre pictures of Dutch peasant life. He also did religious subjects, portraits, and landscapes. Early Life and Training Born in Haarlem, Netherlands, Adriaen van Ostade came from a family of artists; his father, Jan Hendricx van Eyndhoven, was a tapestry weaver. This artistic environment likely fostered his early interest in visual arts. Initially, he studied under Frans Hals, a celebrated Dutch Golden Age painter known for his…