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Gérard Dou
(7th Apr, 1613 - 9th Feb, 1675)
La lecture de la Bible
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Adrien Didierjean
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / image RMN-GP
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Keywords:
claire-obscure
couple
daily life scene
Bible (book)
spinning wheel
house (interior)
concentration
window (view)
reading
old age
woman
man
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About the artwork
Title:
La lecture de la Bible
Periods:
modern age
17th century
Techniques:
oil on wood
Dimensions:
500 x 400
Inventory number:
INV1221
Detail:
Vers 1645
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Gérard Dou
Also known as:
Gerard Dou
Gérard Dow
Gherard Dow
Gerrit Dowe
Gerrit Douwen
Gerrit Daw
Gerhard Douw
Gerrard Douw
Gerard Douw
Gerrit Douw
Gerrit Douun
G. Dow
Gerrard Dow
Gerrit Dow
Gerard Dow
Gerhard Dow
Gerrit Dov
Born:
7th Apr, 1613
Dead:
9th Feb, 1675
Country:
Pays-Bas
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Gerrit Dou
(7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as
Gerard
and
Douw
or
Dow
, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe l'oeil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt.
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