Gabriel Metsu

Young Man Smoking and A Woman Pouring Beer



Gabriel Metsu - Young Man Smoking and A Woman Pouring Beer



Gabriel Metsu
Young Man Smoking and A Woman Pouring Beer
c. 1656-58
37.6 x 31.2 cm
Oil on panel
The Leiden Collection, New York


Provenance

Philip van Dijk, The Hague, sold to Johan Hendrik Graaf van Wassenaar Obdam, The Hague, 16 July 1734
by inheritance to Unico Wilhelm Graaf van Wassenaer Obdam, Delden, The Hague, 1745
his sale, Amsterdam, 25 October 1769, nr. 20 (for 605 florins to Huybert Ketelaar)
Antoine Poulain, Paris
Armand Frédéric Ernest Nogaret
his sale, Le Brun, Paris, 2–5 June 1780, nr. 26 (for 3,801 francs to Alexandre Joseph Paillet)
Renaud César de Choiseul-Praslin (1735–1791)
his sale, Paillet, Paris, 18–25 February 1793, nr. 64 (for 3,350 francs to his son, Antoine-César de Choiseul-Praslin)
Antoine-César de Choiseul-Praslin (1756–1808)
his sale, Paillet, Paris, 9–10 May 1808, nr. 20 (for 4,001 francs to Alexandre Joseph Paillet)
Earl of Granville, by 1835
his sale, Christie’s, London, 21 June 1845, nr. 8 (for £231 to Faulkner)
Baron E. de Beurnonville, Paris
his sale, Féral, George, Petit, Paris, 9–16 May 1881, nr. 365 (for 20,000 francs to Sedelmeyer Gallery)
with Sedelmeyer, sold in 1881 (for 25,000 francs to Sécretan)
E. Secrétan, Paris
Sale E. Secrétan, Galerie Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1-4 July 1889 (Lugt 48407), nr. 142 (for 64,500 francs to Thomas Agnew & Sons on behalf of Edward Guinness; purchased by Guinness for £2,844.9)
Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, London, 1889
by inheritance to Arthur Ernest Guiness, Holmbury House, Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, 1927
his sale, Christie’s, London, 10 July 1953, nr. 62 (for £7,350 to Duits Gallery and Marlborough, London)
Count Hans Christopher von Seherr-Thoss, Litchfield, Connecticut, by 1958
by descent to Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss, 1992
sale, Sotheby’s New York, 25–26 January 2007, nr. 15
with Johnny van Haeften, Ltd., London
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2007
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number GM-108

Other works by Gabriël Metsu


Gabriel Metsu A Woman selling Fish
A Woman selling Fish
c. 1656-8

Gabriel Metsu A Lady at Her Toilet
A Lady at Her Toilet

Gabriel Metsu Woman Selling Game from a Stall
Woman Selling Game from a Stall
c. 1653-54

Gabriel Metsu Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing
Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing
c. 1654-56

Gabriel Metsu Woman Reading a Book by a Window
Woman Reading a Book by a Window
c. 1653-54