Gerrit dou

At first glance, Gerrit Dou’s Painter with Pipe and Book (fig. 1), now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, is a typical example of the many “niche pictures”

The world of baroque paintings intrigues by imposing quite simple paradigmata in an implosive and complex expression, so often artificial for the young generation. It is the world of those who learned in silence, following the drive nosce te ipsum,

Gerrit Dou (1613–1675) Detail: cloth, flower pot, brass jug, maid, bird cage, pottery, jugs, dishes, knife, window, boy, curtain, fireplace, box with shoulder strap

A young woman holding a hare with a boy at a window

National Gallery of Art

Gerard Dou — Old Woman Reading, 1632. Painting: Oil on panel, 71 x 55.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. This incredible work was mistakenly attributed to Rembrandt until recently. I’m not surprised, as...

A scholar in his study

A sleeping dog beside a terracotta jug, a basket, a pair of clogs and a pile of kindling wood

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