For the completion of his dissertation on Gabriël Metsu, Adriaan Waiboer requires information on a number of paintings he has not been able to trace. Anyone who can provide information is requested to contact him.
Call for Information – Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667)
Having defended my Ph.D. dissertation on the Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu last year, I am in the process of completing the manuscript for publication. Aside from an analysis of the artist’s life and work, this monograph will include a catalogue raisonné of Metsu’s painted oeuvre. Before handing everything over to a publisher, I would like to make one last appeal to my colleagues to help me locating a number of his paintings I have not been able to track down in the past few years. I would be most grateful if you could assist me with four questions listed below.
Please send or email your information to:
Adriaan Waiboer
Curator of Northern European Art
National Gallery of Ireland
89 Merrion Square West
Dublin 2
Ireland
Email: awaiboer@ngi.ie
Many thanks.
Adriaan Waiboer
1. Do you know of any works by Metsu in private collections you think may have escaped my attention? Or works in smaller public collections outside Western Europe and North America that have not issued a collection catalogue?
2. Since I document copies, variations and pastiches after works by Metsu, I am also interested if you know of any of these in private collections or smaller museums.
3. Do you know the current location of the following paintings? Or have you come across them in recent years? If so, where and when?
A Woman at Her Toilet
Panel, 27.2 x 22.2 cm
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Ecce Homo |
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The Prodigal Son in a Brothel |
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‘As the Old Sang, So the Young Pipe’ |
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A Woman Offering a Glass of Wine to a Man |
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A Woman and Her Maidservant Feeding a Pancake to a Dog |
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An Old Man Holding a Pipe and A Jug
Panel, 26 x 21.5 cm |
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An Old Woman Feeding a Cat |
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Saint Dorothy |
4. There are a number of paintings by Metsu I know only through copies and prints. Have you ever come across corresponding works that could be the originals? (All the illustrations below are of copies and prints)
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A Woman Holding a Bunch of Grapes |
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A Kitchen Maid Broiling Fish on a Gridiron |
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A Kitchen Maid Preparing Poultry |
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A Woman Smoking |
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A Man Smoking and a Woman with a Jug |
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A Woman Offering a Glass of Wine to a Man |
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A Woman Reading a Letter |
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A Woman at Her Toilet with a Letter in Her Hand |
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A Sick Woman Asleep and an Old Servant
Panel, 30.8 x 28.3 cm |