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 A Man Visiting a Woman Washing her Hands
A Man Visiting a Woman Washing her Hands
c. 1662-64

Gabriel Metsu A Hunter Visiting a Woman at her Toilet
A Hunter Visiting a Woman at her Toilet
c. 1661-63

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

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