Gerrit Dou - "Old Woman Reading" (1631)

Painting depicting an "Old Woman Reading"
The painting is a painted copy on canvas of the famous painting "Reading Old Woman", painted by the Dutch Painter Gerrit Dou in the year 1631
The Reading Old Woman (also: Old Woman Reading a Lectionary) was previously attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn and was entitled "Rembrandt's Mother".
The portrait has been part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam since November 1912.

In 1628, the then fourteen-year-old Dou became the first pupil of Rembrandt, only seven years older, who shared a studio in Leiden with fellow painter Jan Lievens.
Rembrandt himself painted in a refined style during that period, using strong light-dark contrasts.
This technique is also clearly visible in the painting discussed here.
However, where Rembrandt would later explicitly abandon refinement, Dou devoted himself to further perfecting it.
After his teacher left for Amsterdam in 1632, he became the founder of the Leiden fine painters.

The painted copy of the famous painting was painted and signed by the Dutch painter F. Kamp
Height including frame: 40 cm and width 32 cm
Height Work: 28.5 cm and Width 20.5 cm
F. Kamp is a painter who is known for his paintings of, among other things, winter landscapes.
An example of his work is an oil painting on linen from 1979, entitled "Winter View", which shows a winter landscape with many figures.