References in Fiction
In the comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert and Sullivan, the Major-General brags of being able to distinguish works by Raphael from works by Dou.
Dou (as "Gerard Douw") is a character in J. Sheridan Le Fanu's short story "Schalken the Painter".
Dou is portrayed on film by Toby Jones in Nightwatching (2007).
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“The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.”
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