May 21, 2020 - Sale 2537

Sale 2537 - Lot 251

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE
The Barn.

Etching and drypoint, 1647. 157x190 mm; 6 1/8x7 1/2 inches, narrow to thread margins. Eighth state (of 10). Ex-collection Jan Frederik Bianchi (Lugt 3761, verso). A superb, dark and early impression, with traces of drypoint in the curved lines above the barrel against the haystack and with no sign of wear. Bartsch 23; Godefroy 23.