Cornelis Dusart
Dutch, 1660-1704
Violin Player Seated in the Inn
INV-3270
Cornelis Dusart
Dutch, 1660-17041685
Violin Player Seated in the Inn
Cornelis Dusart Dutch, 1660-1704 →etchingprint
Date
1685
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 28 × 25.1 cm (11 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.3 × 27 cm (11 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
Cornelis Dusart and his teacher Adriaen van Ostade both delighted in rustic portrayals of peasant life. This etching is a variation on a popular theme: peasants carousing inside or in front of an inn. It portrays old and young alike enjoying the jovial melodies of itinerant fiddlers, and contains a wealth of anecdotal detail, such as the child’s socks drying near the fireplace. But while Ostade employs quirky lines with bold contrasts of light and dark, Dusart uses smaller, more densely placed marks to create a grayer tonality.
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