The Physician (Dou)
The Physician ("Doctor Studying a Bottle") is a 1653 oil painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Gerrit Dou, and is now part of the Christchurch Art Gallery. It exists in two versions, one (oil on copper sheet) in the Christchurch Art Gallery.[1], and the other in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin[2]
Christchurch Art Gallery
Description
The artwork is a typical Leiden fijnschilders Dutch style painting of the 17th century. It depicts a figure (the physician) holding a bottle of orange liquid up to the light. A nosy maid pokes her head around her basket to see what the physician (or, to the maid, her master) is doing.
References
- "Gerrit Dou - The Physician". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Gemaldegalerie, Berlin". Gemaldegalerie, Berlin. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Sources
- "The Physician | Christchurch Art Gallery". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Gerrit Dou". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Gerrit Dou, Self-Portrait". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- Blumberg, Naomi. "Gerrit Dou, Dutch artist". Britannica.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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