Gabriel Metsu

A Man Writing a Letter



Gabriel Metsu - A Man Writing a Letter



Gabriel Metsu
A Man Writing a Letter
c. 1664-66
52 x 40.5 cm
Oil on panel
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Sir Alfred and Lady Beit Gift


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
HdG 185
Waiboer A-116

Literature
Christopher Brown, Scenes of everyday life, London; Boston, 1984, p. 122
Adriaan E. Waiboer, Gabriel Metsu, New Haven and London, 2010, fig. 31
Marjorie E. Wieseman, Vermeer's Women, New Haven [Conn.], 2011, fig. 72
Anna Tummers, The eye of the connoisseur, Amsterdam, 2011, fig. 75
Reinier Baarsen, Kwab, Amsterdam, 2018, fig. 209
Margaret Iacono, James Ivory, Vermeer's Mistress and maid, New York; London, 2018, fig. 11
Stephan Koja, Uta Neidhardt, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. (eds.), Johannes Vermeer. On Reflection, Dresden, 2021, p. 60, fig. 19, p. 75, fig. 7
Paul Schnabel, Anders gekeken, Zwolle, 2021, fig. 390
Aneta Georgievska-Shine, Vermeer and the Art of Love, London, 2022, fig. 20



External links

RKD 247294

Other works by Gabriƫl Metsu


Gabriel Metsu An Old Couple Feeding a Dog
An Old Couple Feeding a Dog
c. 1654-57

Gabriel Metsu Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants (?)
Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants (?)
1667

Gabriel Metsu An Old Man Selling Poultry and Game
An Old Man Selling Poultry and Game

Gabriel Metsu A Woman Reading a Letter
A Woman Reading a Letter
c. 1664-66

Gabriel Metsu The Sick Child
The Sick Child
c. 1664/46