Gabriel metsu

Gerrit Dou,17th Century

When it comes to Dutch artists, you probably know of Rembrandt and Vermeer, but a man named Gabriel Metsu was once the darling of Dutch painting. He has fallen out of the spotlight, but an exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., is bringing the master back.

Born in 1629 to a painter and a midwife, Metsu was recorded as a painter at the tender age of 14. The name of his teacher is unknown, but he probably studied for some time under the Utrecht painter Nicolaus Knupfer. In Leiden, Metsu painted mainly large-scale biblical scenes. In the middle of the 1650s, after his parents had died, Metsu moved to Amsterdam. This shift prompted him to change his specialisation and paint intimate scenes of daily life inspired by Gerrit Dou from Leiden and…

“Metsu was, like his contemporary Vermeer, one of the most important genre painters of his age. In addition to painting many exquisite scenes of everyday life, he also ventured into portraiture, biblical scenes and still-lifes. Among the works in the exhibition will be a number of recently discovered and newly restored paintings that will afford a contemporary audience an opportunity to evaluate the artist afresh. One of the highlights of the exhibition will be A Woman Artist (Le Corset…

[Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Oil on canvas, 72 x 79 cm]

(c.1664-66) A Young Lady at Breakfast - Gabriel Metsu

View The Listening Housewife (1655) By Maes Nicolaes; Oil on panel; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

View PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AT HIS EASEL, PROBABLY A SELF-PORTRAIT Follower Metsu Gabriel; oil on panel; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.