Gerrit Dou, 1665 - Self-Portrait - fine art print

What specifically does the curator team of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art say about this artwork painted by Gerrit Dou? (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

Dou was Rembrandt’s first pupil, only seven years younger than his master. The older artist inspired his student’s lifelong commitment to self-portraiture, often in fanciful or theatrical costume. In some self-portraits, Dou adopted the guise of an aristocrat, but here he proudly displays the tools of his trade. Rather than adopt Rembrandt’s signature rough manner of painting, Dou became famous for his jewel-like surfaces and painstaking method, qualities that led Philips Angel to single him out as an exemplary artist in his lecture "The Praise of Painting."

The more than 350 year-old artpiece called Self-Portrait was created by the Dutch artist Gerrit Dou in 1665. The 350 year-old artpiece was made with the size of 19 1/4 x 15 3/8 in (48,9 x 39,1 cm) and was painted with the technique oil on wood. Today, this work of art can be viewed in in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital art collection. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (public domain). Also, the work of art has the creditline: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Gerrit Dou was an artist from the Netherlands, whose style can primarily be attributed to Baroque. The European artist lived for a total of 62 years, born in 1613 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands and died in 1675 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands.

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