Gabriel Metsu
Young Woman Seated in an Interior, Reading a Letter
c. 1658-6125.8 x 21 cm
Oil on panel
The Leiden Collection, New York
Provenance
Possible sale, Christie’s, London, 23 February 1798, nr. 59 (for £8.18)
private collection by 1935
A.R. Ball, New York, by 1944
Mrs. Charles E. Dunlap, New York
her sale, Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, New York, 4 December 1975, nr. 303
possibly W.W. Blake
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 6 July 1983, nr. 84 (to Dreesman)
Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann (1923–2000), Amsterdam, by 1983
his sale, Christie’s, London, 11 April 2002, nr. 555 (to Ambassador John William Middendorf II)
Ambassador John William Middendorf II (b. 1924), by 2002
with Johnny van Haeften, Ltd., London, 2004
from whom acquired by the present owner in 2006
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Other works by Gabriël Metsu
Young Man Smoking and A Woman Pouring Beer
c. 1656-58
c. 1656-58
Woman Selling Game from a Stall
c. 1653-54
c. 1653-54
Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing
c. 1654-56
c. 1654-56
Smoker Seated at a Table
c. 1654-57
c. 1654-57
Public Notary
c. 165(3?)
c. 165(3?)