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Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685
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Description
- Adriaen van Ostade
- the peasant settling his debts (g., holl.42)
- 105 by 85mm; 4 1/4 by 3 3/4 in
- 86 by 73mm; 3 5/8 by 2 3/4 in
Etching, circa 1646, a fine impression of the fourth state (of twelve), before the additional hatching on washing hanging in background, with margins, a tiny nick at lower right edge of sheet; with g.39, etching, second state (of six), on paper with part of a Seven Provinces watermark, with exceptionally wide margins (circa 25-33mm all round), in good condition (2)
Provenance
g.42 ex coll.J P Heseltine (L.1508); following an inscription in pencil verso ex coll. E Brupbacher-Bourgeois (not in Lugt); g.39 Dr R Alianello (L.5k)
Catalogue Note
The state of g.42 described by Godefroy as Extrêmement rare; This state of g.39 described by Godefroy as Très rare.