DOI chapter:
The Works of Gabriel Metsu
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GABRIEL METSU.
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no means subscribe to it, for there are several described in this
work that possess much higher claims to the admiration of the
connoisseur.
Collection of M. Blondel de Gagny, 1776.
-- Anonymous, . . . 1783.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816.
Now in the Louvre.
25,800 fs. 10321.
18,051/s. 752Z.
40,000/s. 1600Z.
2. An Elderly Woman taking her Repast. She is dressed
in a brown gown, a white kerchief, and a small white cap, and
is seated with a plate of meat in her lap, a piece of which she
is giving to a tabby cat at her side. Upon a tub near her lies
a dead fowl on a tray; a bottle containing ssowers stands on a
table; and a pump is on the opposite side of the room. An
excellent picture.
1ft. l|m. by 10|m.—C.
Collection of M. Bierens, . Amst. 1747. . 590 slo. . 53l.
Now in the collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein. Worth 150 gs.
3. The Sick Child. A woman wearing a gray jacket, a
scarlet skirt, and a blue apron, seated, holding a sick child in her
lap, and looking with maternal affection upon it. A chair, on
which are some clothes, stands at the side, and an earthen pan
is placed on a stool at her right. A picture and a map adorn
the walls of the room.
1ft. 1} in. by 10|m.—P.
Now in the collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein. Worth 1501.
4. The favourite Spaniel. A lady habited in a morning
dress, consisting of a red velvet jacket bordered with ermine,
and a skirt of the same colour, seated, holding a cushion on her
lap, and at the same time caressing a little spaniel which is on
a table before her. A basket containing linen stands on the
ground by her side, a Turkey carpet covers in part the table,
and a bed is seen in the back-ground. Engraved, No. 72,
in the Stafford Gallery.
1 st. 3| in. by 1 ft. % in.
75
no means subscribe to it, for there are several described in this
work that possess much higher claims to the admiration of the
connoisseur.
Collection of M. Blondel de Gagny, 1776.
-- Anonymous, . . . 1783.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816.
Now in the Louvre.
25,800 fs. 10321.
18,051/s. 752Z.
40,000/s. 1600Z.
2. An Elderly Woman taking her Repast. She is dressed
in a brown gown, a white kerchief, and a small white cap, and
is seated with a plate of meat in her lap, a piece of which she
is giving to a tabby cat at her side. Upon a tub near her lies
a dead fowl on a tray; a bottle containing ssowers stands on a
table; and a pump is on the opposite side of the room. An
excellent picture.
1ft. l|m. by 10|m.—C.
Collection of M. Bierens, . Amst. 1747. . 590 slo. . 53l.
Now in the collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein. Worth 150 gs.
3. The Sick Child. A woman wearing a gray jacket, a
scarlet skirt, and a blue apron, seated, holding a sick child in her
lap, and looking with maternal affection upon it. A chair, on
which are some clothes, stands at the side, and an earthen pan
is placed on a stool at her right. A picture and a map adorn
the walls of the room.
1ft. 1} in. by 10|m.—P.
Now in the collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein. Worth 1501.
4. The favourite Spaniel. A lady habited in a morning
dress, consisting of a red velvet jacket bordered with ermine,
and a skirt of the same colour, seated, holding a cushion on her
lap, and at the same time caressing a little spaniel which is on
a table before her. A basket containing linen stands on the
ground by her side, a Turkey carpet covers in part the table,
and a bed is seen in the back-ground. Engraved, No. 72,
in the Stafford Gallery.
1 st. 3| in. by 1 ft. % in.