An Evening School, ca. 1655–57, Oil on wood, Arched top, 10 x 9 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Gerrit Dou (Dutch, Leiden 1613

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An Evening School, ca. 1655–57, Oil on wood, Arched top, 10 x 9 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Gerrit Dou (Dutch, Leiden 1613–1675 Leiden), This small night scene extols the virtues of teaching (light passed on) and practice (the sharpened pen), which the much admired Aristotle recommended as paths to knowledge. The subject would have appealed to many in Dou’s city of Leiden, home of a famous university

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Size: 4110px × 4560px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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