Pieter Jacobsz Codde: A Master of Dutch Genre Painting Pieter Jacobsz Codde (1599 – October 12, 1678) stands as a prominent figure in the Dutch Golden Age artistic landscape. Born in Haarlem, Codde’s career spanned over four decades and produced an impressive body of work characterized by meticulous detail and a masterful grasp of chiaroscuro—the dramatic interplay between light and shadow—techniques that cemented his reputation as on…