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Metsu, Gabriel
(b Leiden, 1629; d Amsterdam, bur 24 Oct 1669). Dutch painter. He was the son of Jacques Metsue (1587/9–1629), a Flemish painter in Leiden. Gabriel Metsu was one of the leading figures in the founding of the Leiden Guild of St Luke of which he became a member in 1648. According to guild records, Metsu was absent from Leiden c. 1650–52; probably some of this time was spent in Utrecht. In 1657 he settled permanently in Amsterdam. The following year he married Isabella de Wolff, a native of Enkhuizen who was a descendant on her mother’s side of the Haarlem de Grebber family of painters. There is a Portrait of the Artist and his Wife (1661; Dresden, Gemäldegal. Alte Meister), which was clearly inspired by Rembrandt’s Self-portrait with Saskia (c. 1635; Dresden, Gemäldegal. Alte Meister). The Rotterdam painter Michiel van Musscher became one of Metsu’s pupils in 1665.
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- Metsu, Gabriel
- Leiden, §2: Art life and organization
- Netherlands, the, §III, 4(iv): Painting and graphic arts, c 1550–c 1680: Amsterdam
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- Angran, Louis-Auguste, Vicomte de Fontpertuis
- Arenberg, Auguste-Marie-Raymond, 6th Duke of
- Boilly, Louis-Léopold
- Braamcamp, Gerrit
- Bryan, Michael
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia (reg 1762-96)
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- Fagel (family)
- Fesch, Joseph, Cardinal
- Gildemeester, Jan (Jansz.) (1744-99)
- Josephine, Empress of the French (1763-1814)
- Marquand, Henry G(urdon)
- Peel, Robert (1788-1850)
- Sparre, Gustaf Adolf
- Tronchin, François
- William V, Stadholder of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange (reg 1751-95)
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