Swann Galleries - Old Master Prints - Sale 2429: Part I, November 3, 2016

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194 ● ADRIAENVAN OSTADE
The Anglers.
Etching, circa 1653. 113x163 mm; 4 1/2x61/2 inches, thread margins. Sixth state (of 7), with
remnants of the delicate horizontal lines in the light patch beneath the railing to the left
of the boy with the pail and with the fine horizontal lines upper right near the border
line still distinct. A very good, dark and well-inked impression with strong contrasts.
With—Peasant in a Pointed Fur Cap, etching, circa 1640 * The WomanWinding Wool upon
a Reel , etching, circa 1684. Bartsch 26, 3 and 25; Godefroy 26, 3 and 25.
[1,500/2,500]
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