Adriaen van Ostade
Dutch · 1610–1685 · Painter, Printmaker
Adriaen van Ostade was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing the everyday life of ordinary men and women. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Peasant Dance by a TavernLempertz · €50,400≈ $54,765≈ £43,268Sign up to see
A GROUP OF PEASANTS DRINKING AND SMOKINGLempertz · €40,260≈ $54,190≈ £33,627Sign up to see
A Fiddler among PeasantsLempertz · €47,500≈ $53,537≈ £39,867Sign up to see
Adriaen van Ostade’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
24 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
7 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 11 | 10 | 91% | $24.5kSign up | $18.5kSign up | $54.8kSign up |
| Oil | 11 | 10 | 91% | $24.5kSign up | $18.5kSign up | $54.8kSign up |
| Works on paper | 4 | 3 | 75% | $22.5kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $54.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 4 | 3 | 75% | $22.5kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $54.2kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 62 | 45 | 73% | $2kSign up | $573Sign up | $26.8kSign up |
| Etching | 61 | 44 | 72% | $2.1kSign up | $607Sign up | $26.8kSign up |
| Engraving | 1 | 1 | 100% | $550Sign up | $550Sign up | $550Sign up |
| Other | 10 | 6 | 60% | $4.4kSign up | $3.2kSign up | $14kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | $921Sign up |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | $221Sign up |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 | $2kSign up |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $47.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | $2kSign up |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | $10.6kSign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | $113Sign up |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | $1kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | $27.7kSign up |
| 2012 | 11 | 9 | $550Sign up |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | $5.9kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $1kSign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | $9.6kSign up |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | $2.6kSign up |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | $438Sign up |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2004 | 8 | 7 | $447Sign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | $542Sign up |