3493002 Self Portrait, c.1665 (oil on wood) by Dou, Gerrit or Gerard (1613-75); 48.9x39.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Dou was the leading figure among the Leiden fijnschilders (fine painters) who continued the earlier Netherlandish tradition of meticulous description and superb craftsmanship. Here the artist presents himself as a learned painter, with a large book and scholarly attire. The cracked flowerpot is probably meant as a symbol of transience, which art overcomes. ).