Bust of a Bearded Man
Gerrit Dou
c. 1642/1645
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall (oval): 18.41 × 14.92 cm (7 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.) framed: 34 x 30.2 x 5.4 cm (13 3/8 x 11 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection)
Accession Number
2014.136.32
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