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Among the rich collections of the Musée de La Cour d’Or in Metz is a fine group of Flemish and Dutch paintings. The museum was established in 1839 around a core of paintings acquired from and donated by a number of collectors, in which northern masters, and most importantly those of the seventeenth century, are well represented. While the diversity of the works on display in the museum has increased considerably over the course of time, the Flemish and Dutch group has remained faithful to the original collection, which is representative of the primary production of the artists in question. Thus a highly Rubensian Saint Jude Thaddeus dating from Anthony van Dyck’s first Antwerp period has joined pairs of portraits by Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp and Jan van Bijlert, traditional genre scenes The Misers (Gillis van Tilborch) and An Apothecary (Mattheus van Helmont, whose Flemish Fête is also held by the museum), and animal painting, as represented in the collection by Jan Baptist van der Meiren’s Cockfight.

Claire Meunier, Curator (April 2025)

Collection catalogues

Le nouveau musée de Metz
Metz [s.a.]