Village Fair
Village Fair

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Village Fair,

1685

Cornelis Dusart, 1660–1704; born and died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-454
Dusart depicted outdoor scenes of Dutch peasants—at work and at play—with a pronounced element of caricature. A quartet of frenzied and teetering dancers is the focus of this lively composition, which includes a troupe of acrobats, itinerant quacks, and numerous children, several of whom bully a smaller child while others play marbles. Although Dusart did not specify the occasion for this village fair, he identified the inn on the left with a banner that reads "Gulde Schenk Kan" (The Golden Tankard), suggesting that alcohol fueled the unruly behavior in the scene and thus conforming to upper-class stereotypes of rural life.

Information

Title
Village Fair
Dates

1685

Maker
Cornelis Dusart
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed inside plate): 25.3 × 33.1 cm (9 15/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-454
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands, Haarlem

Inscription
Inscribed in plate, lower left corner: Con dusart fe. / 1685
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 476.16; Hollstein 16
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
men, figures (representations), villages, women, celebrations, animals

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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