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The Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker Cornelis Dusart—also known as Corneille Dusart—was born in Haarlem on 24 April 1660 and died there in 1704. He trained with the painter Adriaen van Ostade.
His career was part of Haarlem’s artistic life: a member of the Guild of Saint Luke from 1679, he became its dean in 1692.
Scenes of exuberant peasants and drinking bouts feature in his work. The titles listed by the Art Institute of Chicago evoke a range of subjects and figures: The Dancing Dog and The Village Festival, both dated 1685, as well as Violin Player Seated in the Inn (1685) and Hurdy-Gurdy Player (1695). The paintings mentioned include Marchand de lait (1679), an oil on panel held at the Dresden museum, and Marché aux poissons (1683). His prints include the etching Les deux chanteurs (1685) and Le Cordonnier renommé, listed at the Musée du Louvre. Mezzotints published in Les Héros de la Ligue in Amsterdam in 1691 are attributed to Dusart, Jacob Gole and other artists; the book brings together sixteen of them.
This profile brings together identity references for Cornelis Dusart and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
8 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Genève Enchères, Piguet, Zofingen, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Interieurszene mit zwei Bauern
Oel auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2025-11-29
Published result : 800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Oil on canvas
Interieur mit Bauernfamilie und Hund
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2022-05-21
Published result : 2500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
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Kreide auf Pergament
Auction date : 2017-05-20
Published result : 6200 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on panel
Scène d'intérieur
huile sur panneau
Catalogue period : 2016-04-20
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Oil on wood
Vor der Schenke
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2015-11-14
Published result : 7440 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Black chalk
Entourage de CORNELIS DUSART — Sitzender Bauer.
Kreide in Schwarz
Umkreis
Catalogue period : 2019-05-08
Circle of
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1600
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Pen in brown
Attribué à CORNELIS DUSART — Figurengruppe mit Bauern.
Feder in Braun
Zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2016-11-09
Attributed
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Pair of oils on canvas
Entourage de Cornelis Dusart — Scènes de tavernes,
Paire d’huiles sur toile
entourage de
Catalogue period : 2017-05-06
Circle of
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
