Gerrit dou

The world of baroque paintings intrigues by imposing quite simple paradigmata in an implosive and complex expression, so often artificial for the young generation. It is the world of those who learned in silence, following the drive nosce te ipsum,

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Astronomer by Candlelight (detail), Gerrit Dou, late 1650s

Gerrit Dou (1613–1675) Detail: cloth, flower pot, brass jug, maid, bird cage, pottery, jugs, dishes, knife, window, boy, curtain, fireplace, box with shoulder strap

Gerrit Dou - The Night School. 1665

ZURICH.- The focus of Koller's Spring Auctions was on Old Art. Among the Old Master Paintings, Koller auctioned off the painting «Mary and Child» by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert to an international private collector for CHF 2.37 million, slightly...

A young woman holding a hare with a boy at a window

Painting: Oil on panel, 71 x 55.5 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. This incredible work was mistakenly attributed to Rembrandt until recently. I’m not surprised, as it doesn’t really have his signature...