The Merry Shoemaker

1695

Cornelis Dusart

Associated Names
Cornelis Dusart

Artist, Dutch, 1660 - 1704

Jacob Gole

Publisher, Dutch, 1660 - 1724

The image depicts four individuals in a workshop setting. A person sits on a stool to the left, while another seated figure is on the right. A third person is kneeling and working on a shoe. In the background, a fourth person stands on a bench. The room is cluttered with shelves, hanging items, and scattered tools.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.2 x 18 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.88.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Tetlow [died before 1840], Lancashire, England (Lugt 2868)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 37.

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

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

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 37.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Corn.Dusart.fecit / et invent.; across bottom in plate: De Vermaarde Schoemaaker.; lower left in plate: J. Gole exc. cum Privil.Amstelodami.; lower right in ink: 1251; lower left verso in grap hite: C36287 / 62 (circled); lRv//in black chalk: 3185.

Wikidata ID

Q74066202

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