Live Auction 20948Au Bord Du Lac: An interior by François-Joseph Graf
FOLLOWER OF ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE
Lot 150

FOLLOWER OF ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE

A woman combing fleas from a man's hair: an allegory of sight; An interior with a musician playing a pipe: an allegory of hearing; An interior with a woman washing a child: an allegory of smell; and An interior with a man clipping his toenails: an allegory of touch

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FOLLOWER OF ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE
A woman combing fleas from a man's hair: an allegory of sight; An interior with a musician playing a pipe: an allegory of hearing; An interior with a woman washing a child: an allegory of smell; and An interior with a man clipping his toenails: an allegory of touch
oil on panel
9 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (24.2 x 34.3 cm.) each
(4)a set of four

with Michel Segoura, Paris.
Supplied by François-Joseph Graf.

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The prime versions of these four works were executed by Adriaen van Ostade and are now lost. The original set would have included five paintings, each symbolic of one of the five senses.