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Alternative names	Gerbrand Jansz. van den Eeckhout, G. du Chesne
Description	Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and poet
Date of birth/death	19 August 1621	29 September 1674 / 26 September 1674
Location of birth/death	Amsterdam	Amsterdam
Work period	from 1635 until 1674 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1674-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Amsterdam
Authority file	: Q550146 VIAF: 74122152 ISNI: 0000000066397689 ULAN: 500026211 LCCN: nr99016576 WGA: e/eeckhout WorldCat

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English: Scholar with his Books

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- חרבראנד ואן דן אקהאוט
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EECKHOUT, Gerbrand van den

(b. 1621, Amsterdam, d. 1674, Amsterdam)

Scholar with his Books 1671 Oil on canvas, 64,5 x 49 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Eeckhout was a Dutch painter of portraits, religious subjects and genre, active in Amsterdam. He was a friend and favourite pupil of Rembrandt and a close imitator of his style. In about 1655 he painted a number of scenes in the totally different manner of Ter Borch.

Eeckhout's Scholar with his Books gives us no impression of the wisdom evoked in Rembrandt's portrait of the Old Rabbi. Here we see an industrious pedant whose learning is indicated only by external objects-the books and the globe. The learned men portrayed by Vermeer and Rembrandt are men of exceptional qualities but their portraits cannot be called genre paintings. This picture by Eeckhout is certainly a genre painting, the sitter, however, is not shown to be a sage but a burgher. The warm brownish-red and yellowish colours and the manner of painting are reminiscent of Rembrandt's later style.

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Author: EECKHOUT, Gerbrand van den Title: Scholar with his Books Time-line: 1651-1700 School: Dutch Form: painting

Type: genre