Adriaen van Ostade (Adriaen Hendricx) was born in 1610 in Haarlem. His father, Jan Hendricx, came from Ostade near Eindhoven, and his sons, Adriaen and Isaack, adopted this name as painters. In 1627, Adriaen was a pupil of Frans Hals, and, in 1634 joined the Lukas Guild in Haarlem of which he was later the head, in 1647, 1661 and 1662.
c.1635. Oil on panel. 28.8 x 36.5 cm. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
1637. Oil on panel, 25 x 33.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1639. Oil on wood. Ryazan Art Museum, Ryazan, Russia.
c.1640. Oil on panel, 39.5 x 34. 5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1640s. Oil on panel, 27.5 x 20.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1655. Oil on panel, 39 x 30.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1660. Oil on panel. 45.5 x 39 cm. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1660. Oil on panel, 29 x 23 cm. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
1663. Oil on panel. 38 x 35.5 cm. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1671. Oil on panel, 41 x 35 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1673. Oil on panel. Mauritshuis, the Hague, Netherlands.
Oil on panel. 20 x 24.5 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oil on panel, 20 x 35 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oil on panel, 27.5 x 22 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Oil on wood. The K. Savitsky Picture Gallery, Penza, Russia.
Oil on vellum laid down on canvas, 21.5 x 28 cm. Private collection.
Oil on panel, 41 x 55 cm. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
Adriaen van Ostade by Yu. Kuznetsov. Leningrad 1960.
Painting of Western Europe. XVII century. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1989.
Dutch Still Life. XVII century by E.Fehner. Moscow. Izobrazitelnoe iskusstvo. 1990.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.