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Gerrit Dou - The Penitent Magdalen

The Penitent Magdalen (ca. 1660–65)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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The Artist died in 1675 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
Gerrit Dou
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Gerrit Dou, 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.

Dou was born in Leiden, where his father was a manufacturer of stained-glass. He studied drawing under Bartholomeus Dolendo, and then trained in the stained-glass workshop of Pieter Couwenhorn. In February 1628, at the age of fourteen, his father sent him to study painting in the studio of Rembrandt (then aged about 21) who lived nearby. From Rembrandt, with whom he remained for about three years, he acquired his skill in colouring and in the more subtle effects of chiaroscuro, and his master's style is reflected in several of his earlier pictures, notably a self-portrait at the age of 22, and in the Blind Tobit going to meet his Son.

At a comparatively early point in his career, however, he developed a distinctive manner of his own which diverged considerably from Rembrandt's, cultivating a minute and elaborate style of treatment. He is said to have spent five days in painting a hand, and his work was so fine that he found it necessary to manufacture his own brushes.

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Praying old woman (1630-1635)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Portrait of a young girl (1650-1675)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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The Quack (1652)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Portrait of a Couple in a Landscape (1630 - 1675)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Man Smoking a Pipe (c. 1650)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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A Hermit in Prayer (1645 - 1675)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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A Fisherman’s Wife (1653)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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A Hermit (1664)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Girl with an Oil Lamp at a Window (1645 - 1675)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Johan Wittert van der Aa (1604-1670) (1646)

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An Evening School (ca. 1655–57)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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The Penitent Magdalene By Candlelight

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
Religion
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Bust of a Bearded Man (c. 1642-1645)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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A Young Woman (1640)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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A Hermit Praying (1670)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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An Old Woman by a Window (1628 – 1795)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
Landscape
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Woman Tidying the Supper Table (ca. 1655 – 1660)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Kitchen Maid at the Well (1650-55)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Head of an African (1628 – 1675)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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A Visit to the Doctor (1660 – 1665)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613-1675)
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Farm near Duivendrecht (c. 1916)

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