Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
saying grace (g., holl.34)
151 by 125mm; 6 by 5 in
85 by 73mm; 3 3/8 by 3 in

Etching, 1653, a very good impression of the second state (of six), before the addition of the scull cap on man's head, on paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark, trimmed to borderline, just on in lower right, in good condition; with g.39, etching, second state (of six), with thread margins at left, trimmed just within platemark elsewhere, in good condition (2)

Provenance

g.34 ex coll. F. Schindler (L.2351); g.39 with an unidentified collector's mark verso (not in Lugt) (on top of another mark)