Re-uniting two great Gerrit Dous
July 13 2016
Video: Dulwich Picture Gallery
At Dulwich Picture Gallery, they've re-united two fine works by Gerrit Dou which used to be in the collection of Johan de Bye, Dou's most significant patron. The pictures have not been hung together since 1665.
The exhibition is called 'Dou in Harmony', and as ever these days there has to be a contemporary angle - and here it's a sound installation 'inspired by the paintings'. You can listen to it here, and it's supposed to help you 'connect on a metaphysical level' with the paintings. It sounded to me as if someone had left on a slightly tuneful hoover. But each to their own.
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