Artist
Gerrit Dou
Dutch, 1613–1675
Gerrit Dou was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 93 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Gerrit Dou was born in Leiden.
Gerrit Dou (pronounced; 7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt.
Works by Gerrit Dou
Self-Portrait
An Evening School
The Hermit
Bust of a Bearded Man
A Young Woman
Praying hermit
Man writing by an easel
Maid at the Window
Herring Seller
Young Woman with a Candle
The Prayer of the Spinner
Sick Woman at the Doctor's
Portrait of a Couple in a Landscape
A Woman combing a Boy's Hair
Self-portrait of Gerard Dou
Young Woman with a Lantern in a Window
Soldier Bather
Portrait of an old woman reading
A Hermit in Prayer
A Hermit
Triptych with allegory in art education
Painter in his Studio
Collections represented
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