Salvete Omnes,
today we are are visiting the art of
Karel Dujardin, Dutch artist active during the 1640s-to-1672 in Western and Southern Europe.
Thanks to the
MET donations we can see these etchings in
great quality and glory. Note the other quadrupeds - sheep and cows.
Dujradin's art shown below belonged to the genre paintings and etchings called
bambocciante, and thus these animals are working equids (even the finely outfitted mules, but mostly horses for rent/hire, pack mules and burros) and mostly
nags, not some parade animals in full glory. We could say without hesitation that our master Karel was a great 'animalist.'
and some paintings - whole or details - more at his
painting gallery on Wikicommons -
ancient European - Greek and Roman - mythology and Bibilical theme
common subjects - working animals, traveling and daily life in the Italian Penninsula
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note the size of the servant horse or pony really - traveling on hired horses in Italy |
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traveling in Italy, on rented horses? |
enjoy this late November day - tomorrow in Poland there will be yet another anniversary of the November AD 1830 Uprising...
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nice Baroque rendering of Pallas Athena |
ps
Christmas is but 4 weeks away - Natonial Geographic has the presentation showing the history of the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
1 comment:
http://www.casa-in-italia.com/artpx/dut/Dujardin/Jardin_Dublin_Riding_school.jpg - a very different horse by master Karel - namely, it is a fine steed for the manage and parade..
Elegant travelers on hired nags http://www.casa-in-italia.com/artpx/dut/Dujardin/Jardin_Vienna_Elegant_riders_hilltop.jpg
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