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Also Known As Gerard Dou
Born April 7, 1613 • Leiden • Netherlands
Died February 9, 1675 (aged 61) • Leiden • Netherlands
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Gerrit Dou: Self-Portrait
Gerrit Dou: The Night School
Gerrit Dou: Man Smoking a Pipe
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Gerard Terborch
Dutch painter
Fabritius, Carel: Self-Portrait
Carel Fabritius
Dutch painter
Maes, Nicolaes: Girl at a Window
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch painter
Flinck, Govert: Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conyn
Govert Flinck
Dutch painter
The Confessional
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Italian painter
Netscher, Caspar: Self-Portrait
Caspar Netscher
German painter
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den: Group Portrait
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch painter and poet
Judith Leyster: Self-Portrait
Judith Leyster
Dutch painter
Mieris, Frans van, the Elder: A Man and a Woman
Frans van Mieris, the Elder
Dutch painter
Carousing Peasants in an Interior, oil painting by Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1638; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Adriaen van Ostade
Dutch painter
Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz.: The Shepherdess
Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp
Dutch painter
Wouwerman, Philips: landscape with hawkers
Philips Wouwerman
Dutch painter
Helst, Bartholomeus van der: Two Gentlemen Seated at a Table
Bartholomeus van der Helst
Dutch painter
Thomas de Keyser
Dutch painter
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
Self-portrait by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, pastel, 1775; in the Louvre, Paris.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
French painter
Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter

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