Gerrit Dou
![''Self-portrait'' ({{circa}} 1665), [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Dou%2C_Gerard_-_Self-Portrait_-_c._1665_no_background.png)
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.
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