LOT 42
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Lot 42
Circle/Follower of GERRIT DOU (Dutch 1613-1675)
Woman Watering Plants in a Window Niche
Oil on wood panel
Apparently unsigned
15 inches x 11 inches (38.1 cm x 28 cm)
Estimate:
$6,000 - 10,000
€ 4,500 - 7,400
Provenance:
Christie’s, South Kensington, July 13, 2001, Lot 108 for $10,700
Gerrit Dou, also known as Gerard and Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter whose small, highly-polished paintings are typical of the Leiden Fijnschilders. The Leiden Fijnschilders or Fijnschilders (literally “fine-painters”) flourished from about 1630-1710 and strove to create as natural reproduction of reality as possible in their meticulously executed, often small-scale works. Among one of the most successful of these “fine painters” was Gerrit Dou who is particularly well-known for his “niche” painting, such as the offered lot.
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