ANTIQUE OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING ATTRIB. GERARD DOU PORTRAIT STUDENT Of REMBRANDT

ANTIQUE OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING ATTRIB. GERARD DOU PORTRAIT STUDENT Of REMBRANDT

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414.00

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YOU ARE NOW BIDDING ON A VERY FINE AND  VERY IMPORTANT DUTCH OLD MASTER PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO ONE OF THE FINEST DUTCH OLD MASTER GENRE & PORTRAITURE PAINTERS, GERARD DOU.THIS IS A PORTRAIT OF GERARD DOU.THIS FINE BAROQUE ARTIST BECAME REMBRANDT'S FIRST STUDENT! HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES WITH REMBRANDT at THE AGE OF 14 on FEB. 14TH. HE WAS ONE OF THE FINEST DUTCH OLD MASTER PAINTERS of his TIME UTILIZING RARE TECHNIQUESWHICH PLACED HIM IN A LEAGUE all OF HIS OWN!THIS WONDERFUL DUTCH OLD MASTER IS ATTRIBUTED TO GERARD DOU OR IS OF THE CIRCLE OF GERARD DOU. THERE IS NO VISIBLE SIGNATURE BUT THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL CLEANING IT CERTAINLY MAY APPEAR AND BECOME VISIBLE. THIS FINE ANTIQUE OLD MASTER IS EXTREMELY OLD AND HAS DEVELOPED A VERY SOFT AND GLOWING PATINA! OFTEN TIMES WITH THE BUILD UP WHICH OCCURS OVER DECADES AND EVEN SEVERAL CENTURIES THE BEAUTY IS FABULOUS BUT THE SIGNATURE'S ARE OFTEN OBSCURED.     THE SUPERIOR QUALITY AND EXECUTION OF THE PAINTING WOULD WELL BE ATTRIBUTED to THAT OF THE  DUTCH OLD MASTER HIMSELF. THIS IS A MARVELOUS PORTRAITURE OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS. IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE STUDY of THE ARTIST'S SELF PORTRAIT WHICH IS VERY RARE. IT IS FROM THE DUTCH BAROQUE PERIOD AND CAPTURES THE SOFT AMBER CANDLE LIGHT WHICH WAS A QUALITY AND TECHNIQUE WHICH PLACED THE DUTCH BAROQUE PERIOD INTO A GENRE WHICH RIVALED THE GREATEST ITALIAN ARTISTS OF THE TIME. GERARD DOU WAS REMBRANDT'S FIRST STUDENT!HE WAS MORE POPULAR THAN REMBRANDT! THIS PAINTING COULD BE CALLED AN AFTER BY ONE OF THE STUDENTS OF GERARD DOU.THE TECHNIQUE UTILIZED IN THIS PAINTING IS THAT OF A TRUE OLD MASTER! THE CARAVAGGIO LIGHTING IS EXQUISITE! THIS LIGHTING REFERS TO THE SHIFT OF LIGHT WHICH is FROM LIGHT TO DARK OR DARK TO LIGHT OR ILLUMINATION! THIS PORTRAIT PAINTING is A RARE STUDY OF THE CARAVAGGIO LIGHTING and THE DUTCH OLD MASTERS WERE SINGULAR IN THEIR STYLE AND TECHNIQUE IN MASTERING THIS STUNNING LIGHTING EFFECT! THIS VERY RARE PAINTING SHOWS THE PORTRAIT of the ARTIST IN HIS STUDY STANDING AT AN ARCHED WINDOW WITH THE LIGHT FALLING GENTLY ONTO HIM AS HE PLAYS HIS VIOLIN AND PAGES THROUGH THE MUSIC BEFORE HIM! THERE IS A SMALL BIRD IN A CAGE BEFORE HIM WHO HE PLAYS FOR, THE SONG OF THE VIOLIN BECOMES HIS SONG!  BEHIND HIM THERE IS THE HALL WAY FADING AWAY INTO DARKNESS. HE IS ILLUMINATED BY a LANTERN OR CANDLE LIGHT!  THIS PAINTING CAPTURES THIS TECHNIQUE   MAGNIFICENTLY! A RARE EXAMPLE of WHAT MADE THE DUTCH MASTER a TRUE OLD MASTER! THIS IMPORTANT DUTCH OLD MASTER HAS THE MARVELOUS LIGHTINGKNOWN AS CARAVAGGIO WHICH IS THE ITALIAN TERM FOR LIGHT SLOWLY TRANSITIONING FROM DARKNESS TO THE ILLUMINATION OF THE SUBJECT. THIS FINE OLD MASTER PAINTING IS SMALL(as most of Gerard Due's painting were) BUT IT IS MAGNIFICENT OIL ON CANVAS OLD MASTER, RARE and BEAUTIFUL!  THE PAINTING WAS RE-FRAMED ABOUT 200 YEARS AGO IN A FINE MAHOGANY ANTIQUE TRAY FRAME. IT HAS AN INNER TRAY THAT HAS FINE WATER GILDING DESIGN and BEAUTIFULLY ACCENTUATES THE CLASSIC OLD MASTER PAINTING .WITH THE FRAME THE OVERALL SIZE IS 2 FEET BY 1 FOOT. THE PAINTING ITSELF IS 8 INCHES BY 7 INCHES IN SIZE.  THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT REPAIR WHICH STABILIZED A SLIGHT TEAR IN THE VERY OLD CANVAS. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RELINING AND THE VERY OLD CANVAS IS IN TRULY FINE CONDITION CONSIDERING THE GREAT AGE ON THE PAINTING. THIS PAINTING IS FROM A FINE EUROPEAN ESTATE AND WAS BROUGHT FROM EUROPE MANY YEARS AGO. IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL AND IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THAT OF A FINE ART COLLECTOR OR A LOVER AND ONE WHO APPRECIATES FINE EUROPEAN OLD MASTER PAINTING!PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE. AND ENJOY THE BIDDING!       

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