A Hermit
Painting by Gerrit Dou
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| Artist | Gerrit Dou |
| Year | c. 1661 |
| Medium | Oil on oak panel |
| Subject | Religious painting |
| Dimensions | 32.1 cm × 23.7 cm (12.6 in × 9.3 in) |
| Location | Wallace Collection, London |
A Hermit is an oil painting on oak panel by Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou, created c. 1661. It depicts a monkish figure, of very old age, surrounded by symbols of vanitas (skull, candle, hourglass), which serve as a reminder of the brevity of human life. He looks at the viewer, as he leafs through the Bible open in front of him.[1]
The painting is in the Wallace Collection, in London.[2]
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- Wallace Collection
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Gerrit Dou
- Old Woman Reading (c. 1631-1632)
- The Quack Doctor (1652)
- The Physician (1653)
- The Young Mother (1658)
- A Hermit (c. 1661)
- The Woman with Dropsy (1663)
- Self-Portrait (1665)
- A Young Lady Playing a Clavichord (1660s)
- Bartholomeus Dolendo (master)
- Rembrandt (master)
- Dutch Golden Age painting
- Fijnschilder
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