| A Hermit | |
| Artist: | Gerrit Dou |
| Subject: | Religious painting |
| Year: | 1661 |
| Material: | Oil on oak panel |
| Height Metric: | 32.1 |
| Width Metric: | 23.7 |
| City: | London |
| Museum: | Wallace Collection |
A Hermit is an oil painting on oak panel by Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou, created c. 1661. It depicts a monkish figure, of very old age, surrounded by symbols of vanitas (skull, candle, hourglass), which serve as a reminder of the brevity of human life. He looks at the viewer, as he leafs through the Bible open in front of him.[1]
The painting is in the Wallace Collection, in London.[2]