Cornelis Dusart - Artist Info

About Cornelis Dusart

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    The son of the organist of Saint Bavo in Haarlem, Cornelis Dusart became one of the last and most celebrated pupils of Adriaen van Ostade, taking over his master's studio after his death in 1685. Ostade left a number of unfinished paintings behind, some of which Dusart completed and the experience had a profound influence on his work. Although he died at the age of only 44, Dusart long outlived his teacher and chief source of inspiration, Adriaen van Ostade, and inherited his master's drawings, along with those of Ostade's short-lived brother, Isack, in 1685.

    During the following decade or so, Dusart made a considerable number of lively, finished watercolors of this type, undoubtedly intended fo...

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