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Merrymakers in an Inn
The fiddle strikes up, the jug is on the floor, and the whole inn is on its feet.
What
Adriaen van Ostade’s Dutch inn at full tilt — a fiddler sawing, a couple hauled up to dance, the stoneware jug set down on the boards where it will be reached for again.
Why
The tavern is where wine stopped being a sacrament and became a Saturday night. A faithful reproduction of a public-domain painting at The Art Institute of Chicago.
Notice
The jug is painted dead centre on the floor — the still point the whole dance orbits.
“The oldest use of the cellar: to get the room up and moving.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1894.1028.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Artist
- Adriaen van Ostade
- Era
- Haarlem, 1674
- Source
- The Art Institute of Chicago
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-07-18. The Art Institute of Chicago — public-domain / open-access. isPublicDomain:true; accession 1894.1028; direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-18.
