ID 793393
Lot 238 | ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
The Barn
etching, 1647, on laid paper, watermark Phoenix in a Wreath (Godefroy 33), a very fine, luminous impression of the rare sixth state (of ten), printing with a light plate tone and inky plate edges, with small margins, in very good condition
Plate 158 x 195 mm.
Sheet 162 x 198 mm.
Provenance
Unidentified, initials GAF (not in Lugt).
Unidentified, initials U.AP (not in Lugt).
Dr S. William Pelletier (1924-2004), Athens, Georgia (Lugt 4193), his sale, Sotheby's, London, The Dr S. William Pelletier Collection of Prints, lot 130 (together with G. 31).
Literature
Godefroy 23
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. 23 (another impression illustrated).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Applied technique: | Etching |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Applied technique: | Etching |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
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