Gerard Dou

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Gerard Dou was a Dutch Golden Age painter renowned for his meticulously detailed, small-scale genre scenes and as a leading figure of the Leiden fijnschilders (fine painters).

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Gerard Dou canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeIn Leiden ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
apprenticeOf Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn
birthDate 1613-04-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Leiden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
deathDate 1675-02-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Leiden ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
field painting ⓘ
genre genre painting ⓘ
portrait painting ⓘ
still life painting ⓘ
influenced Frans van Mieris the Elder ⓘ
Godefridus Schalcken ⓘ
Leiden fijnschilders ⓘ
influencedBy Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn
knownFor highly finished genre scenes ⓘ
meticulously detailed small-scale paintings ⓘ
niche paintings ⓘ
use of candlelight effects ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
memberOf Leiden Guild of St. Luke ⓘ
movement Dutch Golden Age ⓘ
Leiden fijnschilders ⓘ
name Gerard Dou ⓘ
Gerrit Dou ⓘ
notableWork Self-Portrait by Candlelight ⓘ
The Doctor ⓘ
The Dropsical Woman ⓘ
The Grocer’s Shop ⓘ
The Hermit ⓘ
The Night School ⓘ
The Young Mother ⓘ
Woman at the Clavichord ⓘ
paintingTechnique minute brushwork ⓘ
smooth, enamel-like finish ⓘ
patron Amalia of Solms-Braunfels ⓘ
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange ⓘ
Queen Christina of Sweden ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studentOf Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn
style fine painting ⓘ
highly polished surface ⓘ
trainedAs glass engraver ⓘ
stained-glass painter ⓘ

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Gabriel Metsu → influencedBy → Gerard Dou ⓘ
Gerard Dou → name → Gerard Dou ⓘ