02 — ARTIST
METSU, Gabriel
b. 1629 Leiden · d. 1667 Amsterdam · Baroque
BIOGRAPHY
Dutch painter, active in his native Leiden, then in Amsterdam, where he had moved by 1657. Houbraken says he trained with Dou, but Metsu's early works are very different from his - typically historical and mythological scenes, broadly rather than minutely painted. Metsu also painted portraits and still-lifes, but his most characteristic works are genre scenes, some of which rank among the finest of their period. He concentrated on scenes of genteel middle-class life, fairly close to de Hooch and Terborch in style, but with a personal stamp. One of his best-known works, The Sick Child (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), is often compared with Vermeer. His work is rarely dated, so his development and relationships with other artists are difficult to trace.
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WORKS IN ARCHIVE
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- A Musical Party 1659
- A Woman Seated at a Table and a Man Tuning a Violin 1700
- A Young Woman Composing Music 1663
- Breakfast 1660
- Dead Cock 1700
- Lady Seated in a Window 1661
- Man Writing a Letter 1665
- Man and Woman Sitting at the Virginal 1660
- Portrait of Jan Jacobsz. Hinlopen and His Family 1665
- Portrait of the Artist with His Wife Isabella de Wolff in a Tavern 1661
- Soldier Paying a Visit to a Young Lady 1661
- Tavern Scene 1655
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