The Cupper (Kopster)
Cornelis Dusart
1695
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.3 × 17 cm (8 13/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Platemark: 25.7 × 17.6 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.3 × 18.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
108969
About the Artist
Cornelis Dusart · 1660–1704
Cornelis Dusart (1660–1704) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and printmaker who stands as one of the most important continuators of the peasant genre tradition established by Adriaen van Ostade in Haarlem. Born in Haarlem, Dusart entered Van Ostade's workshop as a pupil and assistant, a relationship that proved formative in every respect. He so thoroughly absorbed his master's approach — the depi...