The Breakfast (B., Holl., G. 50)

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Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade
The Breakfast (B., Holl., G. 50)
etching, circa 1664, on laid paper, watermark Phoenix in a Laurel Wreath (G. 33), a fine impression of the extremely rare fourth state (of twelve), before the text below, printing with a subtle plate tone, printing very clearly and with great contrasts, with small margins, occasional pinpoint foxing mainly towards the sheet edges, an unobtrusive vertical printer's crease at centre, generally in very good condition

P. 219 x 261 mm., S. 225 x 267 mm.

Provenance

William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L. 2617), his initials in brown ink recto, also verso and inscribed 'Impr (?) proof very rare'; presumably his posthumous sale, Christie's, London, June 1840.
Henry Brodhurst (after 1860), Mansfield (L. 1296).
With Colnaghi’s, London (with their stock number in pencil C 8436 verso, the number C 1342 crossed out).

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Lot Essay

The present watermark of the Phoenix in a Crown of Laurels is seldom seen and only on fine, early impressions. It is, as Godefroy points out, 'one of the oldest that is found on Ostade's prints.' He dates it around 1650.
The present impression compares favourably to the Salting impression in the British Museum.

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