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CORNELIS BEGA
Collection of 17 etchings.
Each circa 1650-60.Each with narrowmargins.
Very good impressions with strong contrasts.
Various sizes and conditions. Hollstein 10-13,
16-20, 23 and 25-31.
[1,500/2,500]
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ADRIAENVAN OSTADE
The Two Gossips
.
Etching, circa 1642. 103x90 mm; 4
1
/
8
x3
5
/
8
inches, thread margins.Third state (of 5).A
superb, dark and crisp impression, with
strong contrasts. Bartsch 40; Godefroy 40.
[3,000/5,000]
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ADRIAENVAN OSTADE
The Barn
.
Etching and drypoint, 1647. 157x190 mm;
6
1
/
8
x7
1
/
2
inches. Sixth state (of 10). Ex-
collection S. William Pelletier, ink stamp
verso (not in Lugt). Trimmed on the plate
mark.A superb, richly-inked impression,with
drypoint in the curved lines above the barrel
against the haystack. Bartsch 23;Godefroy 23.
[4,000/6,000]
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