Gerrit Dou
Dutch painter
>
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... Wikipedia
Born: April 7, 1613, Leiden, Netherlands
Died: February 9, 1675 (age 61 years), Leiden, Netherlands
Periods: Baroque and Dutch Golden Age
Parents: Marytje Jansdr van Rosenburg and Douwe Jansz
Artworks
On view