Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
baker sounding his horn (g., holl.7)
104 by 86mm; 4 1/4 by 3 5/8 in

Etching, circa 1664, a very fine impression of the third state (of nine), with the additional hatching below baker's elbow, on paper with a part of a Phoenix in Circle watermark, trimmed just within platemark but well outside borderline, a soft vertical fold, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

Ex coll. A Hubert (L.130), H S Theobald (L.1375), R Gutekunst (not in Lugt), Dr O Schäfer, his sale Kornfeld 24 June 1992, lot 218 (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.7 described by Godefroy as Très rare.