THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
The following lots all derive from a European private collector. They contain the entire graphic oeuvre of Adriaen van Ostade. The etchings, produced between 1647 and 1679, are generally early and rare states. Many are printed with tone. All prints carry the collector's mark of E.V. Rouir, some of which faintly show on the recto.
Dates for the etchings are based on Professor Leonard Slatkes research as published in S.W. Pelletier, L.J. Slatkes, L. Stone-Ferrier, Adriaen van Ostade. Etchings of Peasant Life in Holland's Golden Age, exhibition catalogue, Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art (University of Georgia), 1994.
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)
Details
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)
Peasant in a pointed fur Cap (B., Dut., God., Holl. 3)
etching, circa 1650-52, the rare first state (of seven), a fine and delicate impression of this lightly etched print, with narrow margins, a thin patch at the reverse left sheet edge, one or two pale foxmarks, generally in good condition, P. 70 x 59mm.; Bust of a laughing Peasant (Holl. 1), second state (of four), a fine, strong impression; Bust of a Peasant (Holl. 2), third state (of five), a fine, strong impression; and The Smoker (Holl. 5), seventh (final) state, a fine, strong impression (4)
Peasant in a pointed fur Cap (B., Dut., God., Holl. 3)
etching, circa 1650-52, the rare first state (of seven), a fine and delicate impression of this lightly etched print, with narrow margins, a thin patch at the reverse left sheet edge, one or two pale foxmarks, generally in good condition, P. 70 x 59mm.; Bust of a laughing Peasant (Holl. 1), second state (of four), a fine, strong impression; Bust of a Peasant (Holl. 2), third state (of five), a fine, strong impression; and The Smoker (Holl. 5), seventh (final) state, a fine, strong impression (4)
Provenance
Holl. 3, an unidentified collector's stamp Anchor with Initials HSF (H.F.S. Sewall? cf. L. 1309-10)
Holl. 1, 2, 3 and 5, an unidentified collector's stamp Initials CD (not in Lugt), verso, visible in the left margin, recto of Holl. 1 and 2
E.V. Rouir (L. 2156a)
Holl. 1, 2, 3 and 5, an unidentified collector's stamp Initials CD (not in Lugt), verso, visible in the left margin, recto of Holl. 1 and 2
E.V. Rouir (L. 2156a)