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No related drawings have been identified. Schnackenburg dates this plate to circa 1653-after 1660 and Slatkes specifies that to circa 1648-54.
Details
Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685)
The Two Gossips (B.40)
etched copper plate, signed in reverse 'Av.ostade', with inscriptions '33(?)/09' on the reverse; fifth (final) state, hammer and punch marks on the reverse for corrections just left of the chin of the central figure, 76 gr.
105 x 92 mm.
The Two Gossips (B.40)
etched copper plate, signed in reverse 'Av.ostade', with inscriptions '33(?)/09' on the reverse; fifth (final) state, hammer and punch marks on the reverse for corrections just left of the chin of the central figure, 76 gr.
105 x 92 mm.