Gerard Dou, 1650 - Man Smoking a Pipe - fine art print

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A young man leans on a window ledge, smoking a pipe and looking out at us. Dou was a master of illusionism. The open book on the sill seems to protrude from the window into our space, and the green curtain hanging from the copper rod is so realistically painted that we are tempted to draw it farther back. However, the painting’s small size gives away the deception.

This masterpiece was created by Gerard Dou. The version of the artwork measures the size: 48cm × 37cm and was produced with the technique of oil on panel. Today, the artwork belongs to the Rijksmuseum's digital art collection. The artwork, which belongs to the public domain is being provided with courtesy of Rijksmuseum.The creditline of the artwork is the following: . In addition to that, the alignment is in portrait format and has an image ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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