Copy after Gabriel Metsu

Literature

Collection catalogues
Walter Liedtke, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, 2007, nr. 119

Provenance

Johan Aegidiusz. van der Marck, Leiden, until died 1772
his estate sale, Winter and Yver, Amsterdam, 25ff. August 1773, nr. 176, to Fouquet
with Pierre Fouquet, Amsterdam, from 1773
J.M. Oppenheim, London, by 1833–64
his sale, ?Christie's, London, 4 June 1864, to Smith
with Smith, London, from 1864
Étienne Martin, baron de Beurnonville, Paris, until 1881
his sale, Pillet, Paris, 9-16 May 1881, nr. 368
with Sedelmeyer, Paris
Rodolphe Kann, Paris
Édouard P.R. Kums, Antwerp, until died 1891
his estate, 1891–98
his estate sale, Hôtel Kums, Antwerp, 17-18 May 1898, nr. 115
William H. Herriman, Rome, until died 1920

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 21.134.5

Other works by Gabriël Metsu

An Old Man Selling Poultry and Game

An Old Couple Feeding a Dog
c. 1654-57

A Man Writing a Letter
c. 1664-66

Portrait of Lucia Wijbrants (?)
1667

A Woman Reading a Letter
c. 1664-66