about 1660/65, Artist: Gerard Dou
This scene with an old woman watering flowers at a window has been painted so close-up and illusionistically that it has become an example of trompe l’oeil (from French: “deceive the eye”; Dutch: ogenbedrieger). Dou varied the motif of the window in many of his paintings. His trick of joining several zones of the picture together further increases the three-dimensionality.
Painting
Dutch
about 1660/65
Gerard Dou (1613 - 1675 Leiden) - GND
oak wood
Overall: 28,5 cm x 22,9 cm x 0,8 cm
Framed: 41,5 cm x 36 cm x 3,5 cm
Designated on the birdcage: GDOV (G and D ligated)
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie, 624
Coll. H. v. Reith, Vienna; acquired in 1811
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