{"id":425,"date":"2021-05-14T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/?page_id=425"},"modified":"2021-05-16T18:20:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T18:20:36","slug":"the-village-fair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.middcreate.net\/projects\/early-modern-dutch-prints\/the-village-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"The Village Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Village Fair<\/em> (Impression I)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST: Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660 \u2013 1704)
DATE: 1685
TECHNIQUE: Etching<\/a> and engraving<\/a>
DIMENSIONS: Platemark<\/a>: 33 x 24.9 cm, Paper Size: 34.7 x 26.8 cm
STATE<\/a>: II\/III
SIGNATURE: \u201cCornelis Dusart 1685\u201d
CATALOGUE REFERENCE: Hollstein Dutch 16 II\/III, Bartsch 476.16
CREDIT LINE: Gift of Ralph E. Shikes and Ruth Collins Shikes \u201945
COLLECTOR\u2019S MARK<\/a>: Unidentified, Lugt 4700
OBJECT NUMBER: 2009.042<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Village Fair<\/em> (Impression II)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST: Cornelis Dusart (Dutch, 1660 \u2013 1704)
DATE: 1685
TECHNIQUE: Etching<\/a> and engraving<\/a>
DIMENSIONS: Platemark<\/a>: 32.9 x 24.9 cm, Paper Size: 34.8 x 26.9 cm
STATE<\/a>: II\/III
SIGNATURE: \u201cCornelis Dusart 1685\u201d
CATALOGUE REFERENCE: Hollstein Dutch 16 II\/III, Bartsch 476.16
CREDIT LINE: Gift of an anonymous donor
COLLECTOR\u2019S MARK<\/a>: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, Lugt 305
OBJECT NUMBER: 1973.053<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cornelis Dusart\u2019s image of a village fair features a rowdy group of rural laborers dancing and celebrating in the street. His portrayal of these country folk follows upper-class stereotypes of rural life, depicting them as unrefined and unruly. Even the name of the inn, visible on the rippling banner in the upper left as the \u201cGulde Schenk Kan\u201d (The Golden Tankard) insinuates the villagers\u2019 drunken state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The print exudes a lively energy that matches the frenzy of the characters within it. Except for the trio of slumped, dancing figures in the lit foreground, there is no clear focus of the busy scene. Instead, the viewer\u2019s eyes jump from corner to corner, noticing new details in each vignette. On the left, the villagers crowd around the fiddler, leaning out of the windows for a better view of the festivities. Behind them, two elegantly dressed ladies pass a parasol from atop their mounts. Chickens peck in the darkened foreground while pigs, geese, and dogs root around in the dirt, children rolling marbles in their midst. They appear uninterested in the acrobats who tumble on a precarious stage behind them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Dusart largely created these precise details through the medium of etching, there is also evidence of engraving in the swelling lines that form the central man\u2019s hat. In his choice of rural subject matter, Dusart followed the artistic practice of his mentor, Adriaen van Ostade (1610 \u2013 1685). Ostade\u2019s etching style, however, focused more on texture, while Dusart prioritized finer lines and increased anecdotal detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Middlebury College collection includes two impressions<\/a> of this print, representing the first two states out of three. Two strong dark spots in the clouds and dashed markings on the inn\u2019s flag differentiate the later states from the first. In the first state, three birds fly above, one of which becomes much fainter by the second state. Middlebury\u2019s impression of the first state features a collector’s mark from the British Museum, donated anonymously. The second state includes a six-pointed star in the lower right frame which remains unidentified, but is associated with Nicholas Lanier (1588\u20131666), a French expert in drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Elias Buurma, edited by Simone Edgar Holmes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bibliography<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artsy. \u201cCornelis Dusart The Village Fair (1685).\u201d R.S. Johnson Fine Art. Accessed June 29,  2020. https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/cornelis-dusart-the-large-village-fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollstein, F.W.H. Hollstein\u2019s Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 Vol. VI<\/em>. Amsterdam: Hertzberger, 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lugt, Frits. \u201cLanier, Nicholas: L.2885.\u201d Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d\u2019Estampes. Accessed June 29, 2020. http:\/\/www.marquesdecollections.fr\/detail.cfm\/marque\/10186. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lugt, Frits. \u201cMarque non identifi\u00e9e: L.4700.\u201d Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d\u2019Estampes. Accessed June 29, 2020. http:\/\/www.marquesdecollections.fr\/detail.cfm\/marque\/12215. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lugt, Frits. \u201cThe British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings: L.305.\u201d Frits Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d\u2019Estampes. Accessed June 29, 2020. http:\/\/www.marquesdecollections.fr\/detail.cfm\/marque\/5782\/total\/1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Museum of Fine Arts Boston. \u201cThe Large Village Fair.\u201d Accessed June 29, 2020, https:\/\/collections.mfa.org\/objects\/487871. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Princeton University Art Museum. \u201cVillage Fair, 1685.\u201d Accessed June 29, 2020, https:\/\/artmuseum.princeton.edu\/collections\/objects\/47214.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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