Gerrit Dou, considered the founder of the Dutch school of fijnschilderij , or fine painting, was born in Leiden on April 7, 1613, the son of Marytje Jansdr van Rosenburg and the glassmaker and engraver Douwe Jansz. According to Orlers, Dou received his first instruction, in the art of glass engraving, from his father.
Philadelphia Museum of Art; Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz
The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Scholar, February 15–May 15, 2008 Global Art and the Museum Carl Brandon Strehlke, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River (1876–1877, Philadelphia
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
Mastbaum [1872-1926], Philadelphia.[3] Lessing J.
(his sale, Sotheby’s‘ London, 15 July 1946, no. 2216); (The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia
Ethel Philip, Whistler’s sister-in-law and a favorite subject of the artist, whose likeness appears in drawings, etchings, lithographs, and at least five full-size oil paintings, stands against an empty, shallow background with her back to the viewer. She wears a grey silk gown topped with a bolero jacket of transparent silk gauze or fine net—a design inspired by traditional costumes from Spain’s Andalusian region.
L’Andalousienne. 71st Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
