Figures in the Courtyard of an Old Building Type:unstretched canvas drowned tragically in a Venetian

drowned tragically in a Venetian canal in 1642

A reduced replica

who had been bribed by the Philistines

The broad characterisation and handling of the figures seems to contrast with the delicacy of the landscape detail which has led to suggestions that Andries might be responsible for them

a more courtly and decorative style emerged

Figures in the Courtyard of an Old Building Type:unstretched canvas drowned tragically in a VenetianDusart was a pupil of Adriaen van Ostade and entered the Haarlem painters' guild in 1679, serving as dean of the guild in 1692. His earliest works are wholly dependent on Ostade, but he was later also influenced by Jan Steen.