Adriaen van Ostade - A GROUP OF PEASANTS DRINKING AND SMOKING - image-1

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Adriaen van Ostade - A GROUP OF PEASANTS DRINKING AND SMOKING

Auction 1020 - overview Cologne
16.11.2013, 00:00 - Ols Masters incl. The Rau Collection for UNICEF
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 40.260 € (incl. premium)

Adriaen van Ostade

A GROUP OF PEASANTS DRINKING AND SMOKING

Pen and brown ink, wash and grey ink. 10.5 x 20 cm.

Backed to the edges. Slightly yellowed.
Dr. Bernhard Schnackenburg has confirmed the study as an early, previously unknown work of Adriaen van Ostade. He compares it to the painting dated ca. 1636-1638 which forms cat. nr. 11-24, plate 7-13 of his monograph.

Literature

B. Schnackenburg: Adrian und Isaac van Ostade. Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Hamburg 1981.