Baker Oostwaert and his wife

A baker dressed in his work clothes steps outside holding freshly made bread on a breadboard. A woman holds up a big toasted biscuit while above her hangs large pretzels. On the right a boy blows a horn: a signal to the public that the new bread is ready. The scene looks like a genre piece–a picture of a baker at his work. This type of combination of genre piece and portrait is a common feature of Steen’s work.