504 The Spectacle Seller. Adriaen van Ostade.

The Spectacle Seller

1646. Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the plate corners and the reworked borderline, but before the addition of the fine vertical lines of shading on the bright side of the pedlar's basket (4th state). In good condition with light toning on the verso.

[Bartsch 29; Godefroy 29.III; Hollstein 29].

Item number: 504

Price: $2,000.00

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