Dance in Art

Merrymakers in an Inn

Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Collection:

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Source:

aic

Rights:

CC0 (Public Domain)

Merrymakers in an Inn, by Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685), is a public-domain oil on panel in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.