ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (1610-1685)

The Anglers

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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).

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Lot Essay

It seems that the third and fourth states of this print are in fact the same. According to Godefroy, Ostade added five short, oblique lines of shading in the small light triangle between the ramp and the crossbeam at left. However, these lines are already present in an impression of the extremely rare second state at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. RP-P-OB-12.700). The variation in this area thus appears to be a matter of inking, not of additional work to the plate.

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