Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
the breakfast (g., holl.50)
220 by 260mm; 8 3/4 by 10 1/4 in
115 by 115mm; 4 1/2 by 4 1/2 in

Etching, circa 1664, a very good impression of the fifth state (of twelve), with the inscription below but before the hatching on chair's back behind the standing man, on paper with a Phoenix in Circle watermark, with margins; with the pigkillers g.41, etching, sixth state (of eight), with margins, both with a very small hole at tip of upper margin corner, otherwise in good condition (2)

Provenance

g.50 ex coll. R W H Cardiff (L.2196) and J Peoli (L.2020)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.50 described by Godefroy as Très rare.