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Painting of a white horse at a trough beside a rustic inn, with villagers, chickens, a bridge and river in the background.

Country inn with a horse at the trough

A white horse drinks from a wooden trough before a rustic inn with a steep thatched roof, while villagers and chickens gather in the dirt yard. Warm, low light falls across the scene, with a bridge and calm river stretching into the hazy distance on the left.

Artist
Isaac van Ostade
Date
1643
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2976 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1643.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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