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Adriaen van Ostade
The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy (B., Dut., God., Holl. 45)
etching, circa 1653-60, Hollstein's fifth state (of eight), a fine impression, printed with tone, with an indistinct double-encircled watermark, with narrow to thread margins at the upper right and at the left and lower edges, trimmed just inside the platemark at the upper edge towards the left and at the center right edge, a tiny thin patch at the upper right corner, generally in very good condition
S. 157 x 131mm.
The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy (B., Dut., God., Holl. 45)
etching, circa 1653-60, Hollstein's fifth state (of eight), a fine impression, printed with tone, with an indistinct double-encircled watermark, with narrow to thread margins at the upper right and at the left and lower edges, trimmed just inside the platemark at the upper edge towards the left and at the center right edge, a tiny thin patch at the upper right corner, generally in very good condition
S. 157 x 131mm.
Provenance
an unidentified collector's stamp Initials CD (not in Lugt), recto, faintly visible at the lower left, verso
E.V. Rouir (L. 2156a)
E.V. Rouir (L. 2156a)