Gerard Dou

Scholar Sharpening His Quill



Gerard Dou - Scholar Sharpening His Quill



Gerard Dou
Scholar Sharpening His Quill
c. 1632-35
26.3 x 21.2 cm
Oil on panel
Signed under quill, center right: GD (in monogram)
The Leiden Collection, New York


Exhibitions

2025 Art and Life in Rembrandt's Time

Provenance

Bicker van Zwieten
his sale, Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, 12 April 1741, nr. 68 (to Hoed for 110 florins)
André de Stolberg, Count of Brabeck, Söder
his sale, Rumpler, Hannover, 31 October 1859, nr. 78 (for 500 florins)
King George V of Hannover (1819–78), 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, by 1864
confiscated when annexed by Prussia in 1866
held as inalienable property by the House of Braunschweig-Luneburg (in fidei commissum), 1892–1924
returned to the House of Braunschweig-Luneburg in 1924
by descent to the Princely House of Hannover, Germany and Switzerland, until 2001
private collection, Los Angeles and Denver
private sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 2007
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2007
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External links

RKD 69148
Leiden Collection, New York Accession number GD-104

Other works by Gerard Dou


Gerard Dou The Beggar
The Beggar
1654

Attributed to Gerard Dou Bust of an Old Man
Bust of an Old Man
c. 1640-45

Gerard Dou Old Man with a Beret and Gorget
Old Man with a Beret and Gorget
c. 1630

Gerard Dou Old Woman with Candle
Old Woman with Candle
1661

Gerard Dou Old Woman with a Fur Collar
Old Woman with a Fur Collar
c. 1630