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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, with traces of burr on the bridge and elsewhere and fine wiping marks, with narrow margins, in very good condition
Plate 113 x 166 mm.
Sheet 116 x 169 mm.
Provenance
Richard Fisher (1809-1890), Hill Top, Midhurst, England (Lugt 931 & 2204); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 23 May 1892, lot 583 (£ 2,12; to Gutekunst).
With H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart.
Dr. Eduard Trautscholdt (1893-1976) Leipzig, Düsseldorf (director at C.G. Boerner since 1947); presumably acquired from the above; then by descent.
With C.G Boerner, New York; sold on behalf of the descendents of the above.
Private American Collection; acquired from the above.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein, Godefroy 26
P. Giordani, Adriaen van Ostade's Etchings - A descriptive Catalogue of the Collection including Notes on the same Works preserved in public Museums, privately printed, Reggio Emilia, 2013 (another impression illustrated).
H.-C. Erling, C. Melzer, Kinder Kerle Charaktere - Das druckgraphische Werk Adriaen van Ostades, exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2016, p. 168-9, no. 26 (another impression illustrated).