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Self-Portrait

Gerrit Dou

ca. 1665

Medium

Oil on wood

Tags

ArtistsMenSelf-portraits

Dimensions

19 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (48.9 x 39.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

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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