Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 1) (London: Smith and Son, 1829)

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SCHOLARS AND IMITATORS
OF
ADRIAN VAN OSTADE.

Isaac Van Ostade was a scholar of his brother, Adrian
Van Ostade, whose manner he at first imitated, but afterwards
acquired a style of his own, which is perfectly original.
Cornelius Dusart was a scholar and a continual imitator
of the style and manner of Adrian Van Ostade; he represented
precisely the same scenes, and treated them in every way so
like the works of Ostade, that they are frequently sold under
that master’s name; indeed, some of the best pictures of Dusart
approach so near the quality of Ostade’s, that they require the
experienced eye of a good connoisseur to discriminate them.
Cornelius Bega. This clever artist was a disciple of
Adrian Van Ostade, and was probably at first a close imitator
of his master, but he subsequently distinguished himself by his
tasteful compositions and superiority of drawing ; his colouring
is also very unlike his master’s, being generally cold, and of a
leaden tone; but, notwithstanding this defect, his pictures are
full of talent, and merit a place in the best collections.
Hendrick Martin Sorgh. He was born at Rotterdam,
in 1621 ; it is said that he learned the art of painting under
Teniers the younger, and that he sometimes imitated Brauwer.
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