Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
the village fair (g., holl.48)
124 by 225mm; 4 3/4 by 9 3/4 in

Etching, circa 1660, a fine impression of the second state (of four), with the smudge at right of church still visible, on paper with a Foolscap watermark, with thread margins below and at left, trimmed just within platemark elsewhere, a few reinforced thin spots along edges of sheet, otherwise in good condition

Provenance

Following and inscription in pencil verso ex coll. W R G Allen (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.48 described by Godefroy as Très rare.