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Gabriel Metsu
1629-1667 Dutch Gabriel Metsu Galleries One of his earliest pictures is the "Lazarus" at the Strassburg Museum, painted under the influence of Jan Steen. In 1653 under the influence of Rembrandt he painted "Woman taken in Adultery," a large picture which is now in the Louvre. To the same period belong the "Departure of Hagar," formerly in the Thore collection, and the "Widow's Mite" at the Schwerin Gallery. But he probably observed that sacred art was ill suited to his temper, or he found the field too strongly occupied, and turned to other subjects for which he was better fitted. That at one time he was deeply impressed by the vivacity and bold technique of Frans Hals can be gathered from Lord Lonsdale's picture of "Women at a Fishmonger's Shop." What Metsu undertook and carried out from the first with surprising success was the low life of the market and tavern, contrasted, with wonderful versatility, by incidents of high life and the drawing-room. In no single instance do the artistic lessons of Rembrandt appear to have been lost upon him. The same principles of light and shade which had marked his schoolwork in the "Woman taken in Adultery" were applied to subjects of quite a different kind. A group in a drawing-room, a series of groups in the market-place, or a single figure in the gloom of a tavern or parlour, was treated with the utmost felicity by fit concentration and gradation of light, a warm flush of tone pervading every part, and, with that, the study of texture in stuffs was carried as far as it had been by Ter Borch or Gerard Dou, if not with the finish or the brio of De Hooch. One of the best pictures of Metsu's manhood is the "Market-place of Amsterdam," at the Louvre, respecting which it is difficult to distribute praise in fair proportions, so excellent are the various parts, the characteristic movement and action of the dramatis personae, the selection of faces, the expression and the gesture, and the texture of the things depicted. Equally fine, though earlier, are the "Sportsman" (dated 1661) and the "Tavern" (also 1661) at the Hague and Dresden Museums, and the "Game-Dealer's Shop," also at Dresden, with the painter's signature and 1662. Gabriel Metsu, Man Writing a Letter (1662-1665), Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, DublinAmong the five examples of the painter in the Wallace Collection, are "The Tabby Cat," and "The Sleeping Sportsman," which cost Lord Hertford £ 3000, is an admirable example technically considered. Among his finest representations of home life are the "Repast" at the Hermitage in St Petersburg; the "Mother nursing her Sick Child" in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; the "Amateur Musicians" at the Hague Gallery; the "Duet" and the "Music Lesson" at the National Gallery, London, and many more examples at nearly all the leading European galleries. Five of his painting are in Dresden, collected by August the Strong.

 

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Gabriel Metsu Man and Woman Sitting at the Virginal oil painting

Painting ID::  86949

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Gabriel Metsu
Man and Woman Sitting at the Virginal
between 1658(1658) and 1660(1660) Medium Oil on oak cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Poultry Seller oil painting

Painting ID::  87011

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Gabriel Metsu
The Poultry Seller
1662(1662) Medium Oil on oak panel cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Hunter s Gift oil painting

Painting ID::  87140

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Gabriel Metsu
The Hunter s Gift
Date between 1658(1658) and 1660(1660) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 51 cm (20.1 in). Width: 48 cm (18.9 in). cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu Apfelschalerin oil painting

Painting ID::  87212

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Gabriel Metsu
Apfelschalerin
Date c. 1660-1770 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 28 x 26 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Hunter and a Woman oil painting

Painting ID::  87241

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Gabriel Metsu
The Hunter and a Woman
second half of 17th century Medium Oil on wood cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Letter-Writer Surprised oil painting

Painting ID::  88440

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Gabriel Metsu
The Letter-Writer Surprised
1662(1662) Medium Oil on wood cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu Portrait of the Artist with His Wife Isabella de Wolff in a Tavern oil painting

Painting ID::  88807

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Gabriel Metsu
Portrait of the Artist with His Wife Isabella de Wolff in a Tavern
1661(1661) Medium Oil on oak panel cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Dismissal of Hagar oil painting

Painting ID::  89184

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Gabriel Metsu
The Dismissal of Hagar
Oil on canvas, 112 x 86 cm, c. 1653-1654 cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu Woman Tuning a Mandolin oil painting

Painting ID::  89798

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Gabriel Metsu
Woman Tuning a Mandolin
between 1660(1660) and 1665(1665) Medium Oil on wood cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu Apfelschalerin oil painting

Painting ID::  91976

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Gabriel Metsu
Apfelschalerin
1660-1770 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 28 X 26 cm cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Sick Girl oil painting

Painting ID::  92000

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Gabriel Metsu
The Sick Girl
oil on wood (oak) - 30 x 26 cm - 1658-1659 (ca.) - Gemäldegalerie, Berlin cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu Woman feeding a cat oil painting

Painting ID::  92857

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Gabriel Metsu
Woman feeding a cat
c. 1662-1665 (1650-1667) Medium oil on panel Dimensions 33.5 X 27 cm (13.2 X 10.6 in) cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu Portrait of Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and His Family oil painting

Painting ID::  95462

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Gabriel Metsu
Portrait of Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and His Family
circa 1675(1675) Medium oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu A Girl Receiving a Letter oil painting

Painting ID::  97644

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Gabriel Metsu
A Girl Receiving a Letter
circa 1658(1658) Medium oil on panel Dimensions 10.125 x 9.625 in cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Gabriel Metsu The Cook oil painting

Painting ID::  97797

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Gabriel Metsu
The Cook
circa 1657-1667 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 40 x 33 cm cyf
   
   
     

 

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Gabriel Metsu
1629-1667 Dutch Gabriel Metsu Galleries One of his earliest pictures is the "Lazarus" at the Strassburg Museum, painted under the influence of Jan Steen. In 1653 under the influence of Rembrandt he painted "Woman taken in Adultery," a large picture which is now in the Louvre. To the same period belong the "Departure of Hagar," formerly in the Thore collection, and the "Widow's Mite" at the Schwerin Gallery. But he probably observed that sacred art was ill suited to his temper, or he found the field too strongly occupied, and turned to other subjects for which he was better fitted. That at one time he was deeply impressed by the vivacity and bold technique of Frans Hals can be gathered from Lord Lonsdale's picture of "Women at a Fishmonger's Shop." What Metsu undertook and carried out from the first with surprising success was the low life of the market and tavern, contrasted, with wonderful versatility, by incidents of high life and the drawing-room. In no single instance do the artistic lessons of Rembrandt appear to have been lost upon him. The same principles of light and shade which had marked his schoolwork in the "Woman taken in Adultery" were applied to subjects of quite a different kind. A group in a drawing-room, a series of groups in the market-place, or a single figure in the gloom of a tavern or parlour, was treated with the utmost felicity by fit concentration and gradation of light, a warm flush of tone pervading every part, and, with that, the study of texture in stuffs was carried as far as it had been by Ter Borch or Gerard Dou, if not with the finish or the brio of De Hooch. One of the best pictures of Metsu's manhood is the "Market-place of Amsterdam," at the Louvre, respecting which it is difficult to distribute praise in fair proportions, so excellent are the various parts, the characteristic movement and action of the dramatis personae, the selection of faces, the expression and the gesture, and the texture of the things depicted. Equally fine, though earlier, are the "Sportsman" (dated 1661) and the "Tavern" (also 1661) at the Hague and Dresden Museums, and the "Game-Dealer's Shop," also at Dresden, with the painter's signature and 1662. Gabriel Metsu, Man Writing a Letter (1662-1665), Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, DublinAmong the five examples of the painter in the Wallace Collection, are "The Tabby Cat," and "The Sleeping Sportsman," which cost Lord Hertford £ 3000, is an admirable example technically considered. Among his finest representations of home life are the "Repast" at the Hermitage in St Petersburg; the "Mother nursing her Sick Child" in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; the "Amateur Musicians" at the Hague Gallery; the "Duet" and the "Music Lesson" at the National Gallery, London, and many more examples at nearly all the leading European galleries. Five of his painting are in Dresden, collected by August the Strong.