Burgomaster Hasselaar and His Wife
Circle of Gerrit Dou
European Art
On View:
A man of affairs, Burgomaster Hasselaar sits with quill in hand before a book and globe, both illuminated by soft light from the left. With a row of valuable leather-bound books on the shelf behind her, his wife, dressed in a costly millstone ruff, stands nearby with her hand on an overturned lute, an instrument symbolizing marital harmony. In the background, a well-known subject by Dou of a cave-dwelling hermit at prayer hangs on the wall, probably as a reminder that the couple’s material concerns—business and possessions—must be balanced by spiritual ones.
MEDIUM
Oil on panel
DATES
mid–17th century
DIMENSIONS
Oval: 27 3/16 × 23 in. (69.1 × 58.4 cm)
frame: 36 × 32 × 3 1/2 in. (91.4 × 81.3 × 8.9 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower left on bottom step: "GDov"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
32.783
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Circle of Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613–1675). Burgomaster Hasselaar and His Wife, mid–17th century. Oil on panel, Oval: 27 3/16 × 23 in. (69.1 × 58.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the executors of the Estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.783 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.783_SL3.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 32.783_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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