Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
pater familias (g., holl.33)
126 by 92mm; 5 by 3 3/4 in
102 by 89mm; 4 by 3 1/2 in

Etching, 1648, a very good impression of the second state (of five), with the rework of the foulbitten patches but before the strengthening of the borderline, on paper with an unidentified countermark, with circa 5-6mm wide margins all round, in good condition; with g.29, etching, a very good impression of the second state (of six), with margins, in good condition (2)

Provenance

g.33 ex coll. W I Hooft (L.2631), Leroy-Latteux (L.1744); g.29 ex coll. W Esdaile (L.2617), H Weber (L.1383)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.33 described by Godefroy as Extrêmement rare. This state of g.29 described by Godefroy as Très rare.