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November 02, 2015

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LOT 135

Lot 135

Adriaen Jansz Van Ostade (1610-1685)

Adriaen Jansz Van Ostade (1610-1685)
Lot 135 Details
Adriaen Jansz Van Ostade (1610-1685), Dutch

THE SMOKER AT THE WINDOW, CIRCA 1667 [HOLLSTEIN, 10: IV/IV]

Etching on wove paper; signed in the plate on the window sill bottom centre. The fifth and final state (of five). Titled and inscribed in pencil in French in an unknown hand, with blue ink stamp of Victor Sieger (Lugt, 2377) verso. Matted and unframed.
Plate/Sheet, trimmed to or just outside platemark 7.7" x 6" — 19.5 x 15.3 cm.; 8.1" x 6.1" — 20.6 x 15.5 cm.

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $390
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Adriaen Jansz Van Ostade (1610-1685)
  • Adriaen Jansz Van Ostade (1610-1685)
Provenance:

Ex. Coll. Victor Sieger, Munich;
Ex. Coll. Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bagnani;
Gifted by the above to The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Accession No. 88/199, in 1988;
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the AGO

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