Karel Dujardin (Sep 27, 1626, Amsterdam - Nov 20, 1678, Venice), Dutch animal and landscape painter. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands

Karel Dujardins, commedia dell'arte show, dated 1657 (Louvre)

After training with Nicolaes Berchem, he went to Italy when young, and became a member of the Society of Painters at Rome, among whom, he was known as 'Barba di Becco'. Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem ( 1 October 1620 - 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch painter Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 In Rome, his works met with general approbation.

According to some sources, on his way back to his native country, he contracted considerable debts at Lyon, to free himself from which, he married his old and rich landlady. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. He went with her to Amsterdam, where his pictures were valued very highly. He soon secretly left his home in that city, probably from dislike of his wife, and went back to Rome in 1675, where he was welcomed by his old friends and admirers, and lived at great expense. After a vist to Tangier he went to Venice, where he died in 1678. Tangier or Tangiers ]] ( Tanja طنجة in Berber and Arabic, Tánger in Spanish

Most of his paintings are cabinet paintings of Italianate landscapes and or with farm animals and peasants. A cabinet painting (or "cabinet picture" is a small Painting, typically no larger than about two feet in either dimension but often much smaller His landscapes have spirit and harmony, his figures expression, and his colour the brilliancy which distinguishes his school. Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land including physical elements such as Landforms living elements of flora and fauna abstract elements such as lighting His paintings are rare and command a high price. He also published fifty-two etchings of simiar subjects, with great spirit and ease. For other uses of etch or etching, see Etching (disambiguation, for the history of the method see Old master prints.

He painted a single, fine, portrait (probably a self-portrait), and a pair of Baroque religious paintings on the life of St Paul, probably commissioned, as they lie well outside his normal style. One of these, and the portrait, are in the National Gallery, London

Dujardin's Work

The sick kid

The Herding boy

Rest at an Italian inn

Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness

External Links

• Work by Karel Dujardin at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa