Attributed to Bernard Picart (1673-1733)

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Attributed to Bernard Picart (1673-1733)

Titlepage for Adriaen van Ostade's complete printed oeuvre (Godefroy p. 1)

engraved copper plate, inscribed in reverse ''t Werck complet,/van den vermaarde Schilder/ADRIAAN van OSTADE, door hem selfs geinventeert geest./- Oeuvre complet, D'ADRIEN van OSTADE,/Peintre célebre/Inventé & Gravé par luy-même.', with inscriptions '1/156/O' on the reverse; second (final) state, 390 gr.
256 x 183 mm.

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This plate (described in two states by Godefroy), was done for the edition of Ostade's complete printed oeuvre by Bernard Picart in circa 1712-6. It was not used for the last edition of 1941, and was therefore not steelfaced.

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