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Gerrit Dou

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Gerrit Dou

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Also known as Gerard Dou, Gérard Dow, Gherard Dow, Gerrit Dowe, Gerrit Douwen, Gerrit Daw, Gerhard Douw, Gerrard Douw

Dutch painter (1613-1675)

OverviewAI-generated

Gerrit Dou was a person from the Netherlands (NL). He was born on 1613-04-07 and died on 1675-02-09. His works are associated with the name "Gerard Dou" in various archives.

Records indicate that Dou is linked to 36 works in one database and 5 in another. An Open Library entry lists him as the author of "Critical Introduction to the New Testament," with a work count of 1. He is referenced by 243 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Critical Introduction to the New Testament

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
NL
Active from
1613-04-07
Active to
1675-02-09

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Key facts

Born
( 1613-04-07 ) April 7, 1613, Leiden , Dutch Republic
Died
February 9, 1675 (1675-02-09) (aged 61), Leiden , Dutch Republic
Education
Rembrandt (master)
Movement
Leiden fijnschilder

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Gerrit Dou, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Gerrit Dou ( pronounced [ˈɣɛrɪt dʌu]; 7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard 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'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerrit Dou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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