OSTADE, TsAAN vAN (16:11-491. A Dutch landscape and genre painter. Be was born at Haarlem, and was a younger brother and the principal pupil of Adriaen van Ostade. from whose storks it is difficult to distinguish his early genre paintings, which are not signed. lie soon deN eloped an independent style, the chief charac teristics of which are warmth and harmony of color and an admirable impasto, his best pro ductions favorably with his hrother's. lie left about 120 paintings, most of which are in private possession in England. In his independ ent paintings one of his favorite subjects is trav eling parties. consisting of men and horses, rest ing before a tavern. in which the theme is always Varied, the (-harming landscape being the most attractive feature. Of this subject there are five examples in the galleries of Amsterdam, Buck ingham l'alace (London), Berlin, the Louvre, and Saint Petersburg. His other chief specialty is
winter scenes, represented in fine gray harmonies, in which he usually introduces the frozen canals with the national Dutch amusements of skating and sleighing. Of this variety there are three good examples in the Louvre, and others in the National Gallery, London, and in the Galleries of Antwerp, Saint Petersburg, and Dresden. A third subject, in which the figures rather than the landseapes are the principal part, are groups of peasants sitting in front of taverns or house doors, of the chief examples are "The Spinner," in the Brussels Museum, and "The Fid dler." in Buckingham Palace. His drawings are no less excellent and carefully executed than his paintings. 11e died at the height of his power and was buried October 16, 1649, in Haarlem. Consult the authorities referred to under OSTADE, ADRIAEN VAN.