Cornelis Dusart (April 24, 1660 – October 1, 1704) was a Dutch

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painter, draftsman, and printmaker. He was born in

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. Dusart was a pupil of

Adriaen van Ostade Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women. Life According to Arnold Houbraken, he and his brot ...

from about 1675 to 1679, and was accepted into the

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in 1679. His works are similar in style and subject to those of his mentor. Especially notable are his highly finished drawings of peasants, depicted singly in colored chalks and watercolor.Robinson, p. 208. He died in Haarlem.

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*Robinson, W. M., ''Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish drawings from the Maida and George Abrams collection'', Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museum, 2002. . 1660 births 1704 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch genre painters Dutch Golden Age printmakers Artists from Haarlem Painters from Haarlem {{Netherlands-artist-stub