Gabriël Metsu

Gabriel Metsu (* January 1629 in Leiden, † October 24, 1667 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter.

Life

Metsu was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu from Belle. His father had died when Gabriel came to the world.

Gabriel Metsu was perhaps a pupil of Gerard Dou and Jan Steen. 1648, at age 18, Metsu was taken up by the painters' guild of his hometown as a member. About 1655, after the death of his parents, he moved to Utrecht and studied with Jan Baptist Weenix and Nicolaus weavers, a painter from Leipzig. Two years later he settled in Amsterdam as a freelance artist settled. Here he lived in an alley near the vegetable market. Because of a neighbor who did not like the noise of his chickens, he moved to. In 1658 he married Isabel Wolff.

1659 Metsu won the citizenship of the city of Amsterdam. As a painter, he won several contracts from the cloth merchant Jan J. Hinlopen, which was an important collector of his time.

Metsu devoted himself mostly of genre painting and created morals images from the civic life, sometimes with a humorous view in a clear, soft colors. In addition, he also painted portraits.

Works (selection)

Poultry seller, 1662, Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

The Apfelschälerin, 1660/70, Paris, Musee du Louvre

The painter and his wife at breakfast, 1661, Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

  • The Amsterdam vegetable market
  • A lady at the piano, 1660/67, Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
  • Woman with fruits
  • The beans Epiphany, 1650/55, Gemäldegalerie Berlin
  • A cook in the pantry, Munich, Alte Pinakothek
  • The rooster seller, 1662, Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
  • The game dealer and the Lacemaker
  • The Friends of Music
  • Family of businessman Hinlopen, 1662, Gemäldegalerie Berlin
  • Portrait of an old woman
  • The patient with the doctor
  • A cook
  • Portrait of a Lady, 1667, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Exhibitions

Gerrit Dou Jan Weenix Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Zeno.org Integrated Authority File
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