Title and suggested date from Everyday life in Holland's golden age (catalogue of the complete etchings of Adriaen van Ostade by S.W. Pelletier & L.J. Slatke).
Lettered "Av. ostade" by the artist at upper left.
State IV, with the outline of the man's hand nearly completed but before additional retouching. Cf. Godefroy and Hollstein.
Mounted as item 32 into an album of 63 etchings by van Ostade, evidently created by collecter Achille Seilliere (PML 4350).
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Initials in ink at lower left, "L(?)O"; with a note by former owner in pencil on sheet below mounted print: Adriaen van Ostade. Epreuve tirée avant les travaux repris au burin dans les ombres, notamment au dessous du bras droit de la femme.
Print shows a man and a woman walking together to the right.