Etchings with peasant scenes.

4 etchings, various sizes and conditions.

Later 19th-c. impressions from the orig. plates.

1. The smoker at the window. Amsterdam, 1667. Etching, 20 x 15,5 cm, thick laid paper, signed in plate at lower left corner "AV Ostade". 3rd and final state. Ref. Hollstein XV:10.3.-- 2. The baker sounding his horn. Amsterdam, 1664. Etching, 10,5 x 8,7 cm, laid paper, signed in plate at beam "AV Ostade". 9th and final state. Ref. Hollstein XV:7.9.-- 3. Village Romance. Amsterdam, 1667. Etching, 16 x 12,3 cm, thick laid paper, signed in plate at lower margin "AV Ostade". 12th and final state. Ref. Hollstein XV:11.12.-- 4. The slaughtering of the pig. Amsterdam, 1642. Etching, 11,7 cm diameter. 8th and final state. Ref. Hollstein XV:41.8.