Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
the anglers (g., holl.26)
113 by 165mm; 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 in
127 by 174mm; 5 by 6 7/8 in

Etching, circa 1653, a fine impression of the third state (of seven), before the further shading below the slope of the bridge, on paper with a Foolscap watermark, with small margins, in good condition; with g.47, etching, third state (of seven), still with square platecorners and before the strengthening of the borderline, on paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark, with margins, in good condition (2)

Provenance

g.26 ex coll. J Rosenberg (L.1519); g.47 ex coll. Fürstlich Waldburg Wollfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (L.2542)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.26 described by Godefroy as De toute rareté; this state of g.47 described by Godefroy as Très rare.