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Milkmaid after the painting of G.Dou in the Cabinet of Mr. Poullain
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Milkmaid after the painting of G.Dou in the Cabinet of Mr. Poullain

Dimensions

Plate: 6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in. (16 x 12.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Gerrit Dou

1613–1674Dutch 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