Nov 03, 2016 - Sale 2429

Sale 2429 - Lot 195

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE
The Fiddler and the Hurdy-Gurdy Boy.

Etching, circa 1653-60. 155x131 mm; 6 1/8x5 1/4 inches, thread margins. Fourth state (of 6). Bunch of grapes watermark. Ex-collection Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford (Lugt 58, verso). A superb, dark and early impression with very strong contrasts.

According to Godefroy, "Rare," in this state. Bartsch 45; Godefroy 45.