This is a posthumous impression
Condition description continued
There is a ¾” vertical tear at upper left corner that has been mended from rear. There is a ¼” vertical tear at lower center. Hinge remnants are on verso at upper left and upper right.
Description | This is a posthumous impression Condition description continued There is a ¾” vertical tear at upper left corner that has been mended from rear. There is a ¼” vertical tear at lower center. Hinge remnants are on verso at upper left and upper right. |
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About the Artist | (1610-1685, Dutch) (Credited
as a painter, engraver and draughtsman who composed genre and village scenes as
well as interiors with figures, landscapes particularly winter landscapes as
well as portraits, Adriaen Jansz van Ostade adopted his family’s native village
as his surname. Van Ostade and another artist Brouwer were part of Frans Hals’
studio. |
Culture | European |
Medium | Etching on laid paper |
Catalogue raisonne | The Complete Etchings of Adriaen van Ostade by Louis Godefroy G. 11 |
Plate size | 5 3/4" height X 4 7/8" width |
Paper size | 6 3/8" height X 5 1/16" width |
Signed | signed in plate ""Av Ostade" at viewer's lower left margin |
Date of creation | This impression printed after 1685. Originally designed and printed, 1667. |
Condition | Fair to poor. Water tide lines meander at lower left quadrant to female’s face, neck and dress from verso. One half of print’s area is water stained. |
Provenance | AS Hu |