Live Auction 20450Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)
Lot 239 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTOR

ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)

The Anglers

Closed5 July 2022

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GBP 17,640

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ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)
The Anglers
etching, circa 1647-53, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of the rare third/ fourth state (of seven), printing with a light plate tone and a tiny touch of burr on the ramp to the bridge at left, just beginning to show a little wear at lower left, with small margins, in very good condition
Plate 114 x 165 mm.
Sheet 118 x 171 mm.

Specialist note

In seems that the third and fourth states of this print are in fact the same. According to Godefroy, Ostade added five short, oblique lines of shading in the small light triangle between the ramp and the crossbeam at left. However, these lines are already present in an impression of the extremely rare second state at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. RP-P-OB-12.700). The variation in this area thus appears to be a matter of inking, not of additional work to the plate.