Adriaen van Ostade
The Cobbler
1670
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 206 × 166 mm. (8 1/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Plate: 187 × 149 mm. (7 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.7236
Collection of Prince Soutzo (Lugt 2341), who owned a complete set of Ostade's work - sold in 1870 - "riches en ipreuves d'etat, dont les emilleurs obtuirent ----Le Savetier - (The cobbler) 201 fr" (orange index card).
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in plate "Av Ostade 1671" Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "2390 [indecipherable]"; lower left in graphite "351. / or/rx"; lower left in graphite "5124"
Markings: CM: Prince Soutzo (Lugt 2341); Claghorn; Garrett