The Doctor
Gerard Dou
1650 - 1669
Medium
oil on copper
Dimensions
49; 37
About this artwork
oil on copper
Art Historical Context
### The Doctor by Gerard Dou Step into the intimate world of Gerard Dou's *The Doctor* (c. 1650–1669), a masterful example of Dutch Golden Age painting housed in the Rijks. Dou, a prized pupil of Rembrandt and leading figure among the Leiden *fijnschilders* (fine painters), in small-scale genre scenes that capture everyday life with astonishing precision. This oil painting likely depicts a physician at work, reflecting the era's growing fascination with medicine and science amid Holland's prosperous 17th-century Republic, where such professions symbolized emerging Enlightenment ideals. Paint...