Apr 18, 2024 - Sale 2666

Sale 2666 - Lot 164

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE
't Werck complet van den vermaarde Schilder Adriaan van Ostade.

Set of 45 etchings, etched title page, 1 mezzotint portrait, 3 etched copies and 1 apocryphal etching on 21 sheets (49 prints total), circa 1640-65. 423x270 mm; 16⅝x10⅝ inches (sheets), wide (full ?) margins. Each in the final state. Published by Jean (widow), Paris, circa 1800.

With the portrait of van Ostade (1610-1685) by Gole, copies of Bartsch 1, 2 and 28 and the apocryphal etching The Pissing Peasant (Godefroy B). A nearly complete set of van Ostade's original etchings. Bartsch 3-22, 24-29, 31-34, 36-43, and 45-50.