Wikimedia Commons

File:The Night School 1660 Geard Dou.jpg

Original file ‎(1,100 × 1,379 pixels, file size: 97 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary edit

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
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q335927
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
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 circa 1660-1665
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 40.3 cm (15.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,53U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,40.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q190804
Current location
Rijksmuseum
Accession number
SK-A-87
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
Inscriptions

Signature unknown where:

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
.
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
Other versions
File:The Night School - Gerard Dou.jpg
Version from www.rijksmuseum.nl
File:Dou, Gerard - The Night School hi res - c. 1660.JPG
Version from www.pbase.com


Licensing edit

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:33, 3 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 06:33, 3 February 20091,100 × 1,379 (97 KB)Krscal (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=The Night School (1662-1665) by Gerard Dou (painting |Source=WGA http://www.wga.hu/html/d/dou/2/nocturn1.html |Date=c. 1660-1665 |Author=Gerard Dou |Permission={{PD-Art}} |other_versions=File:The Night School by Gerard Dou - en

You cannot overwrite this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Night_School_1660_Geard_Dou.jpg&oldid=688479564"