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An Evening School
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An Evening School

Gerrit Dou

ca. 1655–57

Medium

Oil on wood

Tags

BoysGirlsMenReadingStudentsTeachers

Dimensions

Arched top, 10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Lillian M. Ellis, 1940

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Gerrit Dou

1613–1674 • Dutch Republic

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

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