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Interior with three figures
1661
Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
28.4 × 22.9 cm
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert Victor Jones, 2026
Gallery location
17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
When Adriaen van Ostade painted this intimate scene of a peasant couple relaxing in 1661, he was hoofman – leader – of the Guild of Saint Luke, the painters’ guild in Haarlem where he spent most of his life. Haarlem was a major centre for brewing beer at this time, which is reflected in the painting’s depiction of a woman pouring a glass of beer for an elderly man with whom she is about to share a relaxing pipe of tobacco. Cornelis Dusart, van Ostade’s pupil from around 1675 to 1679, executed a close copy after this painting around 1680.