Karel Dujardin

Karel Dujardin ( 1622 in Amsterdam, † November 20, 1678 in Venice) was a Dutch painter and printmaker.

Little is known about his training: According to Houbraken he was a pupil of N. Berchem. Around 1640 he is in Rome, in 1650, he returned to Amsterdam, after a brief stay in Paris, he has been living since 1652 in Amsterdam and from 1656 to 1658 a member of the Confrérie Pictura in The Hague. 1675 return to Italy. Besides Arcadian landscapes he created genre scenes, Historenbilder, portraits and about 50 etchings.

Works

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  • The Sick Goat, canvas, 84 × 73 cm, Schleissheim, castle
  • The head of the Amsterdam spinning house, 1669, canvas, 225 × 390 cm, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.
  • By the ford, 1657, canvas, 38 × 44 cm, National Gallery, London.
  • Italian Landscape with night-lighting, canvas, 62 × 55 cm, Berlin, Stiftung Staatliche Museen, Gemäldegalerie.
  • Italian landscape in morning light, canvas, 61 × 54 cm, Berlin, Stiftung Staatliche Museen, Gemäldegalerie.
  • Quack stage with Italian comedians, 1657, canvas, 42 × 52 cm, Paris, Musée National du Louvre.

Pictures

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St. Paul heals a cripple

Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness

Woman milking cow red

Rest before an Italian tavern

The Sick Goat

Jacob de Graeff (?), 1670

The battlefield

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