Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade, Dutch 1610-1685- A study of a woman with her child; pen and brown ink and grey wash on laid paper, with William Esdaile's collection stamp (L.2617, lower right), 10.1 x 5.4 cm. Provenance: Collection of William Esdaile, 1758-1837 (Lugt 2617).; Collection of Bindon Blood, d.1855 (Lugt 3011).; With Alfred Brod Gallery, London.; Private Collection, UK, since 1965.; By descent. Note: Other versions of the present work are reproduced in Bernhard Schnackenburg, ‘Adriaen van Ostade, Isack van Ostade: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle’, Hamburg, 1981, nos 157 and 328, where the models are undoubtedly the same. The intimate and confidently rendered sketch can further be compared on stylistic grounds with several in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York and in the Louvre, Paris. According to Lugt, William Esdaile owned, amongst his large and illustrious collection of Old Master works on paper, at least 31 drawings by Adriaen van Ostade, which were sold in London on 18-25 June 1840, after his death. We are grateful to Dr Fred Meijer for confirming the attribution of the present lot.Please refer to department for condition report