Lot 121
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Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

  • Adriaen van Ostade
  • peasant leaning on his doorway (g., holl.9)
Etching, circa 1672, a fine impression of the first state (of four), before shading of the lips, with small margins, a soft vertical fold; with g.5 and 7, two etchings, seventh and sixth state respectively, the first with margins, the second with narrow to thread margins, in good condition (3)

Provenance

g.5 ex coll. E V Rouir (L.2156a), with an unidentified collector's marks verso (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.9 described by Godefroy as De toute rareté.