He died in 1667 in Amsterdam, where one of his best pictures "The Breakfast"-- No.

1553 at the Ryks--may be seen.

There are many fine examples at the Louvre.

He was always graceful, always charming, with a favourite model--perhaps his wife--the pleasant plump woman who occurs again and again in his work.

She is in "The Breakfast" (see the opposite page).
Mention of Gerard Dou and his pupils reminds me of a little-known satire on art-criticism written by "Vathek" Beckford.