Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
the painter (g., holl.32)
214 by 172mm; 8 by 6 3/4 in

Etching, circa 1667, a very fine impression of the fourth state (of twelve), with excellent contrasts, with the shading on the jug but before the shading on the right side of the painting, on paper with part of a Phoenix in Circle watermark, trimmed to subject but well outside borderline, an unobtrusive flattened horizontal fold, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

Ex coll. Dr O Schäfer, his sale Kornfeld 24 June 1992, lot 223 (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.32 described by Godefroy as Très rare.