Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
the breakfast (g., holl.50)

Etching, circa 1664, a very good impression of the fourth (?) state of twelve, on paper with a Foolscap watermark, trimmed to borderline, a tongue-shaped repaired tear in lower right, a circa 20mm repaired tear at centre below; with g.1; 2; 4; 11; 40, four etchings, mostly with margins, in generally good condition (5)

Provenance

g.50 with an unidentified collector's mark verso (L.1702), following an inscription verso and on the mount ex coll. Gura (not in Lugt), g.50; 1; 2 ex coll. Dr W Beck (L.2603^b); g.1; 2 with an unidentified collector's mark verso (not in Lugt); g.4 ex coll K E von Liphart (L.1687); g.40 ex coll. Chevalier J Camberlyn (L.514); each ex coll. Dr Karl Herweg (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.50 described by Godefroy as being extrêmement rare.