European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Girl with a Parrot Possibly based on Dou's 'Girl with a Parrot,' formerly in the collection of Graf Gagarin, St. Petersburg Made in Leiden, Netherlands, Europe1670s Follower of Gerrit Dou, Dutch (active Leiden), 1613 - 1675 Oil on panel Currently not on view Inv. 432 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelGerrit Dou was Rembrandt’s first pupil and established himself as the founder of the so-called fijnschilder (fine-painter) style, characterized by illusionism, smooth surfaces, and minutely rendered details. This work by a close follower of Dou uses a compositional format typical of the artist in which a figure leans over the ledge of an arched window and thereby draws the viewer’s gaze into the pictorial space. This young woman’s address to the viewer may be less innocent than it first appears, as the caged bird is symbolic of honor in need of preservation.Social Tags [?]birdcage [x] interior [x] parrot [x] red velvet pillow [x] smiling figure [x] window [x] [Add Your Own Tags] |
