Gerrit Dou, 1613-1675
Subtitle: master painter in the age of Rembrandt
By: Ronni Baer with contributions by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. and Annetje Boersma ; edited by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
Contributors: Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.; Wheelock, Arthur K.; Boersma, Annetje, 1950-; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Dulwich Picture Gallery.; Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands)
Publisher: National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675 -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Gerrit Dou, Rembrandt's first pupil, was lauded at an early age by his contemporaries as a model for other painters. His works, sought by collectors throughout Europe, fetched extremely high prices well into the eighteenth century. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, Dou's reputation had fallen into eclipse, and the works of a master whose fame had once equaled that of Rembrandt appeared only rarely, if at all, in exhibitions of Dutch art.

In the last thirty years scholars have begun to reevaluate the artistic achievement of Gerrit Dou. This book, which accompanies the first international exhibition devoted exclusively to Dou's works, provides an opportunity to reassess the artist's achievements."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Apr. 16-Aug. 6, 2000, the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Sept. 6-Nov. 19, 2000, and the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague, Dec. 9, 2000-Feb. 25, 2001.