Gabriel Metsu

Provenance

Count de Dubarry
his sale, Pierre Rémy and P. le Brun, Paris, 21 November 1774, nr. 33 (to Le Brun for 240 francs)
De Ghendt
his sale, Basan and Guilleaumon, Paris, 15 November 1779, nr. 73 (to Langlier for 300 francs)
Gustaf Adolf Sparre (1746–94), Sahlgren-Sparre Palace, Gothenburg or Kulla Gunnarstorp, near Helsingborg
by descent to his widow, Elisabeth Sofia Amalia Beata Sparre (née Ramel), Kulla Gunnarstorp, died 1830
by descent to her grandson Gustaf Adolf de la Gardie (1800–33)
by descent to his father Jacob Gustaf de la Gardie (1768–1842)
Count Carl de Geer af Leufstra (1781–1861), (who purchased Kulla Gunnarstorp in 1837 and the entire Sparre collection by ca. 1840)
by descent to his granddaughter, 1855, and moved, with the entire collection, to her house at Vänas, Knislinge, Southern Sweden
Count Carl-Axel Wachtmeister (1921–2011), Vänas, Knislinge
sale, Christie’s London, 14 December 1990, nr. 122, bought in
sale, Christie’s London, 13 December 1991, nr. 43, bought in
sale, Sotheby’s, London, 5 December 2007, nr. 8
with Johnny van Haeften, London, 2007
from whom acquired by the present owner
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External links

Leiden Collection, New York Accession number GM-111

Other works by Gabriël Metsu

Young Woman Seated in an Interior, Reading a Letter
c. 1658-61

Hunter Getting Dressed after Bathing
c. 1654-56

Public Notary
c. 165(3?)

Woman Cleaning Fish
c. 1657-58

Old Woman at Her Meal in an Interior
c. 1654-57