Gerrit Dou

1613–1675 · Baroque

Gerrit Dou, 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.

39 paintings

• Young Woman with a Candle (1658)
• A Woman combing a Boy's Hair (1646)
• A Young Woman (1640)
• The Young Mother (1657)
• Old Woman with Fur Cap (1630)
• An old Woman peeling Apples (1630)
• Penitent Magdalene (Allegory of Greed) (1655)
• The Storeroom (1655)
• Astronomer by Candlelight (1650)
• Woman Bather combing her Hair (1665)
• Astronomer (1628)
• Soldier Bather (1665)
• The Young Mother (1658)
• Woman Pouring Water into a Bowl (1647)
• Portrait of a Woman in Profile (1637)
• Young Woman Holding a Lamp (1665)
• a bathing soldier (1654)
• Self-Portrait (ca. 1665)
• Old Woman Cutting Bread (1655)
• Dog at Rest (1650)
• Self-portrait of Gerard Dou (1665)
• Portrait of the Painter (1663)
• Anna and the Blind Tobit (1660)
• A Poulterer's Shop (1670)
• An Interior with a Young Violinist (1637)
• Bust of a Bearded Man (c. 1642/1645)
• The Hermit (1670)
• Portrait of an old woman reading (1631)
• Man Smoking a Pipe (1650)
• The Night School (1663)
• A Hermit in Prayer (1650)
• Johan Wittert van der Aa (1604-70) (1646)
• A Fisherman's Wife (1653)
• A Hermit (1664)
• Hoved af en afrikaner (1628-1675)
• Køkkenscene (1643-1647)
• Læsende eremit (1628-1675)
• Besøg hos lægen (1660-1665)
• Young Woman with a lighted Candle at a Window (1660)