Gerrit Dou (April 7, 1613 – February 9, 1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. At a comparatively early point in his career he had formed a manner of his own distinct from, and indeed in some respects antagonistic to, that of his masters. Gifted with unusual clearness of vision and precision of manipulation, he cultivated a minute and elaborate style of treatment; and probably few painters ever spent more time and pains on all the details of their pictures down to the most trivial. He is said to have spent five days painting a hand; and his work was so fine that he found it necessary to manufacture his own brushes.
[Oil on panel, 38.5 x 31 cm]
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