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The Night School
In a dark classroom, a schoolmaster raises an admonishing finger at a boy standing in shadow, while a girl diligently recites her lesson by the bright light of a candle. Represented in this way, the light assumes a deeper meaning as the light of knowledge. Dou demonstrates his skill in rendering artificial light by including no fewer than four different light sources in this painting.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41B31
- http://iconclass.org/49B2
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41B31
- http://iconclass.org/49B2
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1660 - c.1665
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8321
- SK-A-87
Extent
- height 74 cm
- width 64 cm
- thickness 5.5 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:44.238Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:18.834Z