Figures in the Courtyard of an Old Building Type:unstretched canvas and the colours of their

and the colours of their outfits - pale azure

A frequently quoted account by the French art theorist and early owner of the work

convolvulus minor

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

Figures in the Courtyard of an Old Building Type:unstretched canvas and the colours of theirDusart 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.