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ISAAC VAN OSTADE | A village street, with ramshackle buildings
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Van Ostade
- A village street, with ramshackle buildings
- Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines; bears initial, in pencil, lower right: R and pencil inscription, verso: Ruysdael
- 90 by 139 mm; 3 ½ by 5 ½ in
Condition
Stuck to mount, top edge. Lightly foxed throughout. Otherwise good. Sold in a modern carved wood frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
In the details of the handling, this delightful, rare study of a village street by Isaac van Ostade can be compared with another, similar drawing in a Dutch private collection1, and in particular with two rather larger and later sheets, in Haarlem and Frankfurt, which Schnackenburg dates between 1643 and 1649.2 Though his very early death means that his surviving oeuvre is much smaller than that of his brother, Adriaen, Isaac van Ostade was an extremely gifted draughtsman. 1. B. Schnackenburg, Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 2 vols., Hamburg 1981, no. 424
2. Haarlem, Teylers Museum, inv. no. P. 85; Frankfurt-am-Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, inv. no. 902; Schnackenburg, op. cit., nos. 480, 512
2. Haarlem, Teylers Museum, inv. no. P. 85; Frankfurt-am-Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, inv. no. 902; Schnackenburg, op. cit., nos. 480, 512