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| Karel Dujardin Self-portrait 1658 drawing British Museum |
Karel Dujardin of the Netherlands (1622-1678) produced honest but modest work. The culture around him deserves praise for supporting a career based so resolutely on the absolute everyday.
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| Karel Dujardin Study of heads 17th century etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Countrywoman and sumpter-mule 17th century etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin The Family 17th century etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Battlefield landscape 1652 etching British Museum |
The group of etchings below correspond more closely than those above to the standard one-line description of Dujardin's work – "small Italianate landscape scenes with animals and peasants."
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| Karel Dujardin Four mountains 1659 etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Goat and two sheep 1653 etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Landscape with Three Oxen 1660 etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Landscape with Asses 1660 etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Ruins of a temple 1658 etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Shepherd with dog 17th century etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Two muleteers in a landscape 1656 etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Two goats at the edge of a river 17th century etching British Museum |
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| Karel Dujardin Trees with exposed roots 1659 etching British Museum |
I am grateful to the British Museum for making these excellent images available.