Gerrit Dou

Gerrit Dou, also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt.

7 April 1613

Born on the same birth day (7 April): Almada Negreiros • Anna Bogomazova • Bobby Doerr • Bruce Gary • Daniel Ellsberg • Emerson Hyndman • Feza Gürsey • Franco Di Santo • Holger Pedersen (linguist) • Janar Talts • Jane Frederick • Mitchell Pearce • William Ellery Channing

Born in the same month (April 1613): Christoph Bach (musician)