Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
woman with two children (g., holl.14)

Etching, circa 1675, a fine impression of the fourth state (of six), with rounded platecorners but before the strengthening of the shadows, with margins; with g.9 and 12, two etchings, both the second state, with margins, in generally good condition (3)

Provenance

g.14 with the initials S.O. in pen and brown ink in lower left recto (possibly ex coll. A V Olsoufieff see L.1993); g.12 ex coll. A P F Robert Dumesnil (L.2200), E Galichon (L.1058)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.16 described by Godefroy as Extrêmement rare. The states of g.9 and 12 described by Godefroy as Très rare.