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Lot 73
  • 73

Cornelis Dusart Haarlem 1660 - 1704

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Description

  • Cornelis Dusart
  • a tinker walking down a village street
  • Signed, lower left: C.du Sart
  • Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Provenance

A.W.M. Mensing, his sale, Amsterdam, F. Muller, 27 April 1937, lot 175;
sale, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 17 December 1968, lot 249;
with Gebr. Douwes Fine Art (exh. 1969, cat.40)

Literature

Illustrated in Weltkunst, XXXVIII, no.23, 1 December 1968, p.1229

Catalogue Note

One of a small series of similar drawings by Dusart, depicting peasant figures either individually or in small groups, in village settings. These drawings are characterised by the relatively large scale of the figures, and by the strongly contrasted chiaroscuro effects. Notable examples of drawings from this group are in Frankfurt, Vienna, Hamburg, Weimar and in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
Sold in a fine antique tortoiseshell frame.