Dominicus van Tol (also known as Domenicus van Tol) (c.1635–1676) was a

Dutch Golden Age The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...

painter.

Biography

Van Tol was born in

Bodegraven Bodegraven () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of of which is water. The former municipality of Bodegraven also includes the communities Mei ...

. He was a nephew of

Gerard 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 '' ...

and his works often draw comparison with those of his uncle.Domenicus van Tol
in the

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

In 1664 he became a member of the

Leiden Guild of St. Luke The Leiden Guild of Saint Luke refers to three artist collectives in Leiden; the ''Leidsche St. Lucas Gilde'' dating from 1648, the newer ''Leidse Tekenacademie'' established in 1694, and the collective known as ''Ars Aemula Naturae'' (art compet ...

and in 1670 he got married and moved to Utrecht. A daughter was baptised in Amsterdam in 1674, and in 1675 he was back in

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

, where he became a member of the guild again, and eventually died. He is known for being a

fijnschilder {{Short description, 17th-century Dutch artistic movement The Fijnschilders (literally "fine-painters"), also called the Leiden Fijnschilders ('Leidse Fijnschilders'), were Dutch Golden Age painters who, from about 1630 to 1710, strove to create as ...

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