Sale: 376 / Old Masters and Art of 19th Century, May 14. 2011 in Munich Lot 54

 
Adriaen van Ostade - Die wandernden Musikanten


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Adriaen van Ostade
Die wandernden Musikanten
Etching
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 4,125 / $ 4,455

(incl. surcharge)
Etching
Bartsch 38, Davidsohn III (of V), Godefroy IV (of VI), Boon-Verbeek IV (of VI). Splendid impresion on laid paper from the completed plate with horizontal lines on the opened sash, however, before the finer narrower works and retouchings. With delicate wiping to floor, somewhat stronger in the shadow at the feet of the seated peasant. With 1,5 mm margins around platemark. Described as "very rare" by Davidsohn and Godefroy. 10,4 x 8,8 cm (4 x 3,4 in)Sheet 10,7 x 9,1 cm (4,2 x 3,5 in).
[HW].

PROVENANCE: Gutekunst and Klipstein 1926.
Collection E. Brupbacher-Bourgeois.
C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, new stock list no. 82, 1985, p. 60, cat. no. 40 (illu.).
Private collection North-Rhine Westphalia.




54
Adriaen van Ostade
Die wandernden Musikanten
Etching
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 4,125 / $ 4,455

(incl. surcharge)