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The old writing master sharpens his pen at the window with his students in the background Wall Art
ART BY: Gerrit Dou
The old writing master sharpens his pen at the window with his students in the background Wall Art
ART BY: Gerrit Dou
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The old writing master sharpens his pen at the window with his students in the background is a lithographs by Gerrit Dou (1613–1675), dated 1836. The artist is catalogued as Dutch. This reproduction is based on the copy in the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 4743 × 6000 px (6.7 MB). Catalogued under Prints and Baroque, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 66 works by Gerrit Dou, a Dutch artist.
Gerrit Dou, 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.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Gerrit Dou →
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