Old Woman Emptying Pot Through the Window (Sleazy Bess)
Artist: Hendrick Bary
Hendrik Bary (1640-1707), Old Woman Emptying Pot Throught the Window, etching and engraving, after the Frans van Mieris (1635-1681)painting “Goore Besje” (Sleazy Bess), c. 1670. Reference: Hollstein 10, fourth state (of 5); Wurzbach 6, third state (of 4), after the addition of the inscription J. Tangenas exc. In very good condition, on old laid paper with a Foolscap watermark, small margins, 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches. A very good impression. Simon Schama’s discussion of Dutch paintings such as this one in his Embarrassment of Riches is on point; he notes: “To judge from their art there were no wrinkles […]