An Evening School
Gerrit Dou
ca. 1655–57
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Arched top, 10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Lillian M. Ellis, 1940
Accession Number
40.64
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Gerrit Dou · 1613–1674
The first pupil of Rembrandt, known for his neat and precise style, fastidiousness, incredibly smooth surfaces and paintings of domestic interiors. He sometimes used a magnifying glass; a founder of the Guild of St Luke at Leiden (1648). Comment on works: Genre; Portraits