The Mother Seated in an Inn

Etching on cream laid paper with an indiscernible horizontal watermark, 6 1/8 x 4 11/16 inches (154 x 120 mm). Thread margins. The first state (of two), before the additional work on the head and hair of the child, and before the removal of the spots on the left leg of the seated man. In good condition with some minor age tone and a few light spots of scattered discoloration. Mounted at the top corners to an archival paper matrix. With the Baron van Isendoorn in Blois van de Cannenborch collector's stamp in purpleish-blue ink on the matrix (Lugt 1407). [Hollstein 31]. Regarding the provenance: "F. C. Th. Baron van ISENDOORN in BLOIS (1784-1865), "Cannenburg" castle in Vaassen in Gelderland. Prints and drawings. Frederik Carel Theodoor, Baron van Isendoorn in Blois van de Cannenborch, was the last representative of a family that goes back to a Willem de Cocq, Lord of Isendoorn (below Tiel), who died in 1318. The Cannenburg castle became the property of this family around 1560 through a marriage with Margaretha van Rossem, sister of the famous general Maerten van Rossem to whom the castle had belonged since 1543. Baron van Isendoorn, mentioned above, was a zealous amateur who assembled a fine collection, especially in drawings and in prints, through purchases in the best sellers of his time (IJver, Dumesnil, de la Motte Fouquet, von Fries, de Graaf, Esdaile, Wolterbeek, Verstolk, etc.). After his death the inheritance gave rise to disputes; his widow, a Baroness van Oldeneel tot Oldenzeel, had the usufruct and the property fell to others. All the paintings, drawings and prints passed into the hands of a banker, Wolff, of Amsterdam, and a certain Cohen, interested in Wolff's business, who arranged for the public sales. J. Ph. van der Kellen, director of the Cabinet des Estampes in Amsterdam, helped with the description of the drawings and prints." - Fritz Lugt.…