An Artist with a Model in his Studio, Cornelis Dusart, 1690 - 1700
pen, h 240mm × w 190mm More details
The aged painter is wearing an imaginary historical (quasi medieval) costume. His corpulent model, with the enormous hat and cloak, appears to be playing a geographer of the ancient world. This could hardly have been meant to be taken seriously: it is a private dig at the vain aspirations of an artist who was attempting a theme that was obviously beyond his reach.
