Gerrit Dou, 1670 - Young Woman Holding a Lamp - fine art print

This classic art piece of art "Young Woman Holding a Lamp" was created by the baroque artist Gerrit Dou. The original version was made with the following size: height: 19 cm width: 14 cm | height: 7,5 in width: 5,5 in and was produced with the techinque oil on panel. Nowadays, the artpiece is included in the Mauritshuis's art collection, which the Mauritshuis is home to the best artworks of Dutch painting of the seventeenth century. With courtesy of - Mauritshuis, The Hague (licensed: public domain). : Coenraet, Baron Droste, The Hague, before 1717-1734; his sale, The Hague, 21 July 1734 (Lugt 442), no. 76 (195 guilders); Thomas, Count De Fraula, Brussels; his sale, Paris, 21 July 1738 (Lugt 488), no. 200 (40 guilders); Prince William IV, Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, in or before 1751; Prince William V, The Hague, 1751-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822; on loan to Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (inv. no. B 1492), since 2009. Further, the alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 1 : 1.4, which means that the length is 29% shorter than the width. The painter Gerrit Dou was a European artist, whose style was primarily Baroque. The painter lived for a total of 62 years and was born in 1613 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands and passed away in 1675.

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Coenraet, Baron Droste, The Hague, before 1717-1734; his sale, The Hague, 21 July 1734 (Lugt 442), no. 76 (195 guilders); Thomas, Count De Fraula, Brussels; his sale, Paris, 21 July 1738 (Lugt 488), no. 200 (40 guilders); Prince William IV, Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, in or before 1751; Prince William V, The Hague, 1751-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum central des arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822; on loan to Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (inv. no. B 1492), since 2009

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