Karel Dujardin

Karel Dujardin, a Dutch Golden Age painter, masterfully captured the serene beauty of Italianate landscapes, often populated with animals and peasants.

ABOUT

Born in Amsterdam in 1626, Karel Dujardin became a prominent Dutch Golden Age painter and etcher, renowned for his charming Italianate landscapes. Though he also ventured into portraits and religious history paintings, it was his idyllic scenes of animals and peasants that truly defined his oeuvre. Dujardin's artistic journey was deeply intertwined with Italy, a country he visited twice, first as a young artist and again at the end of his life. It was in Rome that he joined…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Shepherd Playing Music 1620 · Slovak National Gallery Landscape with a Sleeping Herdsman 1630 · Holburne Museum Italianate Landscape with Cattle 1631 · Mauritshuis View of a Bridge and Waterfalls in Tivoli; verso: View of a Waterfall in Tivoli From Within a Cave 1640 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Study of heads in profile view, a woman with headcloth and bearded man whose heads overlap above, two facing profiles below 1641 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art peasants, talking at a cottage 1647 · Führermuseum

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Nicolaes BerchemDutch Golden Age painting

Influenced

Erick van den WeereltDutch Golden Age painting