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1628 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1628, art Events from the year 1628 in art. Events *February – Gerrit Dou becomes a pupil of Rembrandt; the latter, then 22 years of age, paints a cheerful self-portrait, which will be sold 380 years later, in 2008, for 4.5 million dollars. *Willem van Haecht becomes curator of the art collection owned by Cornelis van der Geest. *Gerard van Honthorst visits the Court (royal), court of King Charles I of England. Works *Nicolas Poussin – ''The Death of Germanicus'' *Rembrandt – ''Rembrandt's Mother: Bust'' (etching) *Francisco de Zurbarán – ''Saint Serapion (Zurbarán), Saint Serapion'' *Cornelis van Haarlem – '':File:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - The Judgment of Paris - WGA05252.jpg, The Judgement of Paris'' (approximate date) *Anthony van Dyck **'':File:Anton van Dyck - Nicolas Lanier - Google Art Project.jpg, Nicolas Lanier'' **''The Shepherd Paris (van Dyck), The Shepherd Paris'' (approximate date) *Diego Velázquez – '':File:Diego Velázquez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit Dou
Gerrit Dou (7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his ''trompe-l'œil'' "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt. Life Dou was born in Leiden, where his father was a manufacturer of stained-glass.Baer, p.28 He studied drawing under Bartholomeus Dolendo, and then trained in the stained-glass workshop of Pieter Couwenhorn. In February 1628, at the age of fourteen, his father sent him to study painting in the studio of Rembrandt (then aged about 21) who lived nearby. From Rembrandt, with whom he remained for about three years, he acquired his skill in colouring and in the more subtle effects of chiaroscuro, and his master's style is reflected in several of his earlier pictures, notably a self-portrait at the age of 22 in the Bridgewater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
