Adriaen van Ostade Haarlem bapt 1610 - 1685

Etching, circa 1650, a very good impression of the first state (of five), before the outline of man's cloak, on paper with the lower part of an Arms of Amsterdam watermark, with thread margins, trimmed just within platemark in upper right, in good condition; with g.38 and 40, two etchings, second and third state (of five and six respectively), g.38 trimmed within platemark but well outside borderline, g.40 with margins, in good condition (3)

g.37 ex coll. Dr. W. Beck (L.2603b); g.38 ex coll. Dr. W. Beck (L.2603b), Dr A. Sträter (L.787)

This state of g.37 described by Godefroy as Extrêmement rare.