Nov 07, 2002 - Sale 1950

Sale 1950 - Lot 270

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE
The Smoker and the Drinker.

Etching and drypoint, circa 1650. 79x63 mm; 3 1/8x2 1/2 inches, thread margins. Third state (of 6), before the border line and with crisp, sharp and inky plate edges. A very good, early impression.

According to Godefroy, rare (RR) in this state. Bartsch 13; Godefroy 13.