Adriaen van Ostade 1610-1685

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2,500 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

Adriaen van Ostade
the empty jug (g., holl. 15)

Etching, circa 1653, a fine impression of the second state (of eight), printing with rich tone, with wiping scratches and burr on the chin of man at right, before the additional hatching on standing peasant's knee, with margins, pale staining and a few thin spots along left edge

Provenance

Ex coll. Fürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (L.2542), following an inscription in pencil verso ex coll. E Brupbacher-Bourgeois (not in Lugt)

Catalogue Note

This state of g.15 described by Godefroy as De toute rareté.