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Gerrit Dou: The Night School  wikidata:Q17319772 reasonator:Q17319772
Artist
Gerrit Dou  (1613–1675)  wikidata:Q335927
 
Gerrit Dou
Alternative names
Gerrit Dou, Gerard Douw or Dow
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 7 April 1613 Edit this at Wikidata 9 February 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Leiden Leiden
Work period from 1628 until 1675
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1628-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Leiden Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q335927
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Title
The Night School Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"The Night School Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"The Night School Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lfr,"L'École de nuit"
label QS:Lde,"Die Abendschule."
label QS:Lnl,"De avondschool"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1663 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 53 cm (20.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 40.3 cm (15.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+53U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+40.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Rijksmuseum
Accession number
SK-A-87 (Rijksmuseum) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • by 1807
    date QS:P,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1807-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : Gerrit van der Pot van Groeneveld (....-1807)
  • 6 June 1808: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of G. van der Pot , lot no. 28
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GDou
References
  • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as De avondschool, circa 1660
    date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    -circa 1665
    date QS:P,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    , height: 74 cm (29.1 in); width: 64 cm (25.1 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,74U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,64U174728
    , inv. SK-A-87.
  • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Webspecial, as The Night School, circa 1623
    date QS:P,+1623-65-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
    , height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 40.3 cm (15.8 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,53U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,40.3U174728
    , inv. SK-A-87.
  • RKDimages, Art-work number 1414, as De avondschool, 1633-1665, height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 40.3 cm (15.8 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,53U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,40.3U174728
    , inv. A 87
  • Web Gallery of Art, as The Night School, circa 1660
    date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
    , height: 48 cm (18.8 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,48U174728
    dimensions QS:P2049,37U174728
    .
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