Karel Dujardin was born in Amsterdam and may have trained with landscape painters Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683) and Pieter van Lear called “Bamboccio” (1599-c.1642), and he may also have worked with Paulus Potter (1625-1654). He travelled to Italy and France from around 1649 and specialized in landscape painting and etching although he also created a few history paintings and portraits.
