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Gerrit Dou (1613-1675)

• Also known as Gerard Douw or Dow.
• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• He was a student of Rembrandt.
• At the age of fourteen, his father sent him to study painting in the studio of Rembrandt.
• His pictures were always small in size.
• More than 200 are attributed to him, and examples are to be found in most of the major public collections of Europe.
• His most noted pupils were Frans van Mieris the Elder and Gabriël Metsu.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Gerrit Dou, Self-portrait with a palette in a niche, about 1660-1665.
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