July

1685/1695

Cornelis Dusart

Associated Names
Cornelis Dusart

Artist, Dutch, 1660 - 1704

This is a painting of figures working with hay and farm tools. The image depicts a dynamic rural scene with three figures actively engaged in what appears to be hay gathering or stacking. One figure is energetically throwing a large bundle of hay, while another is reclining on the ground. A third figure in the background is holding a pitchfork, possibly pushing hay onto a cart. The setting includes an old-fashioned wooden wagon with large wheels partially loaded with hay. The ground is scattered with various farm tools, a basket, and a large jug. The painting's style features strong contrasts and energetic figures, conveying a sense of movement common in genre painting. This is in the style of Jan Miense Molenaer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 21.3 x 15.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.45.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 26, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. A. Boerner, Nuremberberg (1785 - 1862) (Lugt 269-270). (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Everyday Life in Black and White. Dutch Mezzotints from the National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery of the College of Staten Island, The City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, 2008, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower left below image: Corn. Dusart pinxit fec. et inv.; lower right below image: J. Gole exc: Amstelodami cum Privilegio; by Boerner, lower verso in brown ink: J. A. Boerner B. No. 2b / Juillet [not deciphered] rare

Wikidata ID

Q76337801

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