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March 22, 2014 by Max Distro LLC Leave a Comment

Gerrit/Gérard Dou, Dutch Golden Age Painter

Gerrit Dou Self Portrait by Gerrit Dou, 1660-1665. Louvre, Paris

Gerrit Dou Self Portrait by Gerrit Dou, 1660-1665. Louvre, Paris

I have been meaning to expand my coverage of painters, particularly Flemish painters from the Dutch “Golden Age” and I have decided to begin with another of my favorites, Gerrit Dou (1613-1675). He created exquisite small, often dark paintings that often remind us of his contemporaries. These posts will cover paintings from multiple museums, rather than focusing on a single collection. After learning to paint from his father, a glass engraver, Gerrit Dou was apprenticed to a distinguished printmaker and glass painter, receiving additional formal artistic training from the Leiden glaziers' guild. At 15, he was appointed to the enviable position of apprentice in Rembrandt's studio, where he studied for six years. After Rembrandt left Leiden in 1631, his influence on Dou waned. Dou continued to paint on wood in a small scale but adopted cooler colors and a more highly refined technique characteristic of the fijnschilders (fine painters), a group of Leiden artists who painted small, highly finished pictures. Portraits in impasto gave way to domestic genre subjects (everyday scenes), enamel-smooth and rich in accessory details. These paintings are small, remember that you can click on any image in this website to enlarge them.

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Filed Under: Museums, Painting, The Louvre Tagged With: 17th Century, Eddy de Jongh, Erwin Panofsky, Fijnschilders, Fine Painters, Gérard Dou, Gerrit Dou, Getty Center, Golden Age of Dutch Painting, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kurt Buzard MD, Leiden, Rembrandt, Rembrandt van Rijn, The Louvre, Trompe l’oeil, Vermeer, Wallace Collection

November 12, 2013 by Max Distro LLC Leave a Comment

Rembrandt at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Apostle Paul | Rembrandt van Rijn | 1659 | Inv.-Nr. GG_397 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Apostle Paul | Rembrandt van Rijn | 1659 | Inv.-Nr. GG_397 | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

When we visited the painting floor of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, we turned a corner into a fairly large room filled with paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn. Of course I have decided to do a post of the paintings. Rembrandt often painted pictures of the Apostle Paul so Paul obviously had a major impact on his life. In his paintings, he tried to capture the force and emotion of Paul's letters. In about 1659, Rembrandt finished another painting of the Apostle Paul. It is a peaceful scene of Paul writing letters at his desk. It is interesting to note the contrast between this picture and the exhilarating action of the Baroque paintings of Paul. Rembrandt, instead of emphasizing the action, portrays Paul as the embodiment of profound meditation. A sword, the trademark of Paul, leans in darkness against the wall. While his face basks in radiant light, the rest of the painting is dark with heavy colors. The depth of vision and feeling is seen with the deep, thoughtful gaze of the apostle. Paul's passionate concern for the gospel is vividly captured by Rembrandt. The painting reveals Paul's emphasis on the Word of God, as the sword of the Spirit, and his role as an apostle bringing the Word.

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Filed Under: Museums, Painting, Vienna Tagged With: Apostle Paul, Austria, Hendrickje Stoffels, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Paul, Rembrandt, Titus van Rijn, Vienna, Wallace Collection

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