Dou was born in Leiden, where his father was a manufacturer of stained-glass. He studied drawing under Bartholomeus Dolendo, and then trained in the stained-glass workshop of Pieter Couwenhorn. In February 1628, at … See more

A considerable amount was written about Dou in his own lifetime; for instance, Philips Angels praises Dou in his Lof der Schilderkunst for his … See more

• The Night School (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
• 1628: Astronomer (Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg)
• 1631.1632 Old Woman Reading (formerly known as Rembrandt's Mother) (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) See more

• 58 artworks by or after Gerrit Dou at the Art UK site
• Works at WGA
• Works and literature
• Oldandsold.com
• Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has material on Gerrit Dou See more

Dou's work commanded high prices long after his death, until the 1860s. Soon after, he fell into near complete obscurity. For example, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art held in an exhibit to introduce Dutch art, it featured 37 by Rembrandt, 20 by Hals, but none by … See more

In Honoré de Balzac's 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin, the curiosity shop Raphaël de Valentin enters in the opening sequence contains, among … See more

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Douw, Gerhard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.
• Baer, Ronni (2000). "The Life and Art of Gerrit Dou". In … See more