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Lot 72
  • 72

Adriaen van Ostade Haarlem 1610 - 1685

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Description

  • Adriaen jansz. van Ostade
  • a seated peasant with his hands folded, tilting his chair back
  • pen and brown ink and grey wash over black chalk

Provenance

Sir Anthony Westcombe, Bart. (L.202);
Granville Collection (according to note on back of frame);
with E.J. Wisselingh, Amsterdam, before 1958;
with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam (1970)

Literature

Bernhard Schnackenburg, Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 2 vols., Hamburg 1981, vol.I, p.154, cat.391, illus. vol.II, pl.160 

Catalogue Note

Part of a substantial group of Ostade figure studies formerly in the collection of the English Baronet, Sir Anthony Westcombe (died 1752).  Schnackenburg considers this a late drawing, dating from after 1670 (see Literature).
Sold in an 18th Century frame