[Violinist] Dujardin, Karel. (1622–1678)
The Savoyard Boy with the Dogs (1658)
Savoyard boy with the dogs, or, The little violinist with the dog, in the background a house. Etching with plate signature top left, dated 1658. Number 26 bottom right. 3.5 x 4.75 inches (120 x 167 mm), with a small margin (approx. 2 mm) around the edge of the plate. Small stains at upper edge from verso, nicks along the bottom to just within the plate, otherwise clean and very well preserved. Tipped along upper edge to support.An unidentified later state of the well-known print by Dujardin (Nagler 51; Bartsch 51 (52)), the recorded states of which appear with or without the number 52 in the lower right corner, while this example has the number 26 . Dujardin was a Dutch painter and printmaker. According to Houbraken, he was a student of N. Berchem. Two trips to Italy, in 1640 and 1675; otherwise he lived in Amsterdam. In addition to Arcadian landscapes, he created genre scenes, historical paintings, portraits, and some 52 etchings. "An excellent painter and etcher... he turned early to the depiction of burlesque objects for the study of animals, and to the landscape scenery.... Dujardin has also supplied witty leaves, masterpieces of their kind.... [T]he first Imprints are without numbers, without address,... the second imprints have numbers and the address, and on the third the address is blurred, the fourth are the worst."(Nagler 7, pp. 254–55). (18531)
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