Gabriël Metsu

(1629–1667) nederländsk målare

Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Gabriël Metsu belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Gabriël Metsu was born in Leiden and died in Amsterdam. Gabriël Metsu studied under Gerrit Dou. Gabriël Metsu worked in Leiden and Amsterdam. Wikidata associates Gabriël Metsu with Baroque.

The best-known works include ‘The Huntsman’, ‘Woman Reading a Letter’, ‘Man Writing a Letter’, and ‘The Vegetable Market in Amsterdam’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, genre painting, and religious art. The catalogue has 144 works by Gabriël Metsu with free images. The dated works span the years 1601–1700. Works by Gabriël Metsu are held by several collections, among them Leiden Collection, Département des peintures du Louvre, Rijksmuseum, and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Joannes Episcopius, Guillaume Courtois, David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, Abraham Teniers, and Jacob van Ruisdael.

• The Baroque
• Man Writing a Letter
• Woman Reading a Letter
• The Sick Child
• The Lace-Maker