Artist
Gabriel Metsu
Dutch, 1629–1667
Gabriel Metsu was a Dutch Dutch Golden Age painter. 47 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings. Gabriel Metsu was born in Leiden.
Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works. He was "a highly eclectic artist, who did not adhere to a consistent style, technique, or one type of subject for long periods". Only 14 of his 133 works are dated.
Works by Gabriel Metsu
The Visit to the Nursery
A Musical Party
A Woman Seated at a Window
The Intruder
Vrouw aan de maaltijd, bekend als ‘Het ontbijt van de kat’
The Kitchenmaid
A Sleeping Saleswoman
Boy Stealing an Apple from a Sleeping Woman
The Sick Child
Old Woman Meditating
Man Writing a Letter
Portrait of the Family Hinlopen
Doctor's Visit
The Hunter’s Present
The Sick Lady and the Weeping Maidservant
Old Woman Eating Porridge
Woman in Agony (the Death of Sophonisba?)
Usurer with a Tearful Woman
Collections represented
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