# The Hermit

- By: Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613 - 1675)
- Date: 1670
- Medium: oil on oak panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 46 x 34.5 cm (18 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.) ; framed: 60.3 x 50.1 cm (23 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: Timken Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46032.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/c50ee8c2-db92-4e58-a6b8-0243dfe829d8/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)