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Gabriel Metsu: The Note  wikidata:Q18748525 reasonator:Q18748525
Artist
Gabriel Metsu  (1629–1667)  wikidata:Q355213
 
Gabriel Metsu
Alternative names
Gabriël Metsue, Gabriël Metzu, Gabriël Metzue
Description Dutch painter and visual artist
Date of birth/death January 1629 Edit this at Wikidata 24 October 1667 (buried)
Location of birth/death Leiden Edit this at Wikidata Amsterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Leiden (1644-1655), Amsterdam (ca. 1657-1677)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q355213
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Note
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Though its damaged condition makes it difficult to assess, the attribution to Metsu has recently been affirmed. The Dutch painter was one of the great interpreters of the domestic lives of the affluent in the mid-17th century.
Date 17th century
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
)
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 32.3 cm (12.7 in); width: 29.8 cm (11.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,32.39U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,29.85U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.676
Place of creation Holland
Object history
  • UnknownUnknown : acquired by Herr A. de Ridder, Schonberg, Germany
    [see coll. cat. for further provenance]
  • 20 February 1925: purchased by Kleinberger Galleries, New York at the sale of the collection of
  • 20 February 1925: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
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Metsu
References
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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