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Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)

Three grotesque Figures (B.28)

etched copper plate, signed with initials 'AvO' (?), with inscriptions '27/S/D' on the reverse; seventh (final) state, 62 gr.
89 x 64 mm.

Lot Essay

As Slatkes has observed, the title Bartsch first gave to this image seems incorrect: the man and woman on both sides seem to be conversing with a charlatan-like figure in between them. The woman on the right may be the same as that seen in B.24 (see lot 22). Schnackenburg dates this plate to circa 1647-52, Slatkes dates it to circa 1647.

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