Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
smoker leaning on the back of a chair (g., holl.6)
105 by 91mm; 4 1/8 by 3 1/2 in

Etching, circa 1672, a very good impression of the third state (of six), before the additional lines on the coat, on paper with the upper part of a Strasbourg Lily (?) watermark, with small to thread margins, in good condition

Provenance

Ex coll. Dr W. Beck (L.2603b)

Catalogue Note

This state described by Godefroy as De toute rareté.