Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
man and woman conversing (g., holl.12)
95 by 78mm; 3 3/4 by 3 in

Etching, circa 1673, a very fine impression of the first state (of five), before further work on window, man and elsewhere, printing with platetone and rich burr, on paper with part of a Foolscap watermark, with thread margins, a few foxmarks, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

With an unidentified collector's mark verso (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state described by Godefroy as Très rare.