Cornelis Dusart Oil on Canvas Painting Late 17th Century<\/p>\n
This beautiful oil painting is the work of the important Flemish artist Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem 1660\u20131704).<\/p>\n
The painting is in an 18th-century frame of oxidized “mecca” gilded wood, bearing the original label with the artist’s name.<\/p>\n
The scene is typical of the great Dutch school of the 16th and 17th centuries.<\/p>\n
We can admire here the dignity of the peasant woman as she carries a large basket of bread, and how the entire room is so well-kept despite the severe poverty we can discern in it.<\/p>\n
A painting within a painting, the beautiful still life is in the bottom center of the painting with a variety of vegetables and tubers, featuring a wonderful play of light and shadow on the bowls.<\/p>\n
The bright rays of sun make for these plays of light, piercing the darkness of the modest home.<\/p>\n
This simple home is the finest shelter for this lovely figure of a woman who, though bent with the heavy basket on her shoulders, leaning on a staff and tired, conveys a great feeling of humility in the highest sense of the word.<\/p>\n
Various stamps are on the back, likely showing the passage of the painting between different galleries, exhibitions, and private collections over time.<\/p>\n
This important school, led by the founder and great artist Pieter Bruegel or Brueghel (Breda, 1525\/1530\u2013 Brussels 1569), depicts scenes from everyday life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Paintings would depict both outdoor subjects, such as village festivals, indoor scenes, such as in this wonderful painting, and scenes of taverns and inns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This beautiful oil painting is the work of the important Flemish artist Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem 1660\u20131704).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":87914,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[6373,6407],"product_tag":[5638,5654,5360],"class_list":{"0":"post-87949","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-antique-art","7":"product_cat-old-master-painting-en","8":"product_tag-flemish-painting","9":"product_tag-old-masters","10":"product_tag-wall-decorations","11":"product_shipping_class-dhl-en","13":"first","14":"outofstock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n