Background
Gerrit Dou was born on April 7, 1613 at Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gerrit Dou was born on April 7, 1613 at Leiden, The Netherlands.
Gerrit studied with Rembrandt from 1628 until the latter's removal to Amsterdam in 1631.
His early works under Rembrandt's influence show a fine chiaroscuro and a free brush technique. Later he painted tightly, avoiding any visible brush strokes, and using a cool, silver-gray tonality. He earned renown during his lifetime, and never left his native city. Dou's importance lies in his position as head of the Leiden school of elegant painters, also represented by Frans van Mieris, Gabriel Metsu, and Nicolaes Maes.
The Quack
A Lady Playing the Clavichord
Woman in a Black Veil
Old Woman Watering Flowers
Rembrandt's-mother
Interior with a Young Violinist
The Grocery Shop
The herring seller
Still Life with a Boy Blowing Soap bubbles
Violin player
The Physician
Old woman with a candle
Portrait of a Man
The cook
Astronomer by Candlelight
The Lady at Her Dressing Table
A cat at the window of a painters' studios
Portrait of a Man
Grace Before Meat
Portrait of an old woman reading
Portrait of a woman
Portrait of a Young Woman
The Young Mother
A Hermit Praying
The Bible Lesson, or Anne and Tobias
Self-Portrait
Anna and blind Tobit
Weighing Gold
Portrait of an Old Woman
Still Life with Globe, Lute, and Books
Violin player
Still Life with Book and Purse
The Hermit
Burgomaster Hasselaar and His Wife
Girl Chopping Onions
Portrait of a Woman
The Painter in his Workshop
The Young Mother
Man Interrupted at His Writing
Still life with candle
A Sleeping Dog with Terracotta Pot
Self Portrait
The Silver Ewer
Portrait Of The Artist In His Studio
The prayer of the spinner
Old Woman Cutting Bread
Portrait of a Woman
A Poulterer's Shop
Cardplayers at Candlelight
Self-portrait in a Window
Portrait of a couple in a landscape
The Dropsical Woman
Old Woman Praying
Self-portrait with a Palette, in a Niche
Self-Portrait
The Teacher
Still life with armor, shield, halberd, sword, leather jacket and drum
The Night School
The Extraction of Tooth
Woman Eating Porridge
Woman Pouring Water into a Jar
An Old Man Lighting his Pipe in a Study
Heraklith
Bust of a Man
Old Woman Unreeling Threads
Officer of the Marksman Society in Leiden (detail)
The Dutch Housewife or, The Woman Hanging a Cockerel in the Window
Dentist by Candlelight
Woman Peeling Carrot
Astronomer
Trumpet Player in front of a Banquet
Self Portrait
The Village Grocer
Man with Easel
Artist in His Studio
The old schoolmaster
Still Life with Hourglass, Pencase and Print
The Doctor
Officer of the Marksman Society in Leiden
Dou never married.