Rare-Antique Master Print-HURDY-GURDY-PLAYER-van Ostade -18th c.

“The hurdy-gurdy player” Figure of a man, half length, playing a hurdy-gurdy. He wears a feathered hat and looks toward the observer.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Adriaen van Ostade .

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 9.2 x 12.1 cm (3.62 x 4.76 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Remains of tape paper on rare from attacment and to consolidate slight paer loss at left bottom. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HURDY-GURDY-PLAYER | PCO-C43-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography artist: Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx, 1610-1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women.