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Gerrit Dou: Astronomer by Candlelight  wikidata:Q20184700 reasonator:Q20184700
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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artist QS:P170,Q335927
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Title
Astronomer by Candlelight
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1665
date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 32 x 21.2 cm
institution QS:P195,Q29247
Accession number
86.PB.732 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Exhibition history
References
Source/Photographer http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/dou_c.html

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