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Summary

Gabriel Metsu: Woman washing textiles in a tub

Artist



Alternative names	Gabriël Metsue, Gabriël Metzu, Gabriël Metzue
Description	Dutch painter and visual artist
Date of birth/death	January 1629	24 October 1667 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Leiden	Amsterdam
Work location	Leiden (1644-1655), Amsterdam (ca. 1657-1677)
Authority file	: Q355213 VIAF: 39646843 ISNI: 000000012129195X ULAN: 500010491 LCCN: nr97042008 WGA: m/metsu WorldCat

Title

Woman washing textiles in a tub

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

from 1600 until 1650 / 1656

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 23.9 cm (9.4 in)

; width: 21 cm (8.2 in)

Collection

National Museum in Warsaw

	Native name	Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 13′ 54″ N, 21° 01′ 29″ E
	Established	20 May 1862
	Website	www.mnw.art.pl
	Authority file	: Q153306 VIAF: 155350218 ISNI: 0000000122540874 LCCN: n50052919 NLA: 36307256 GND: 1008386-8 WorldCat

Wawel Castle

	Native name	Zamek Królewski na Wawelu
	Location	Kraków
	Coordinates	50° 03′ 15.84″ N, 19° 56′ 11.76″ E
	Established	1930 (Museum)
	Website	www.wawel.krakow.pl
	Authority file	: Q18820 VIAF: 312997222 ISNI: 0000000109464571 LCCN: n79135471 OSM: 2270819 GND: 2017359-3 WorldCat

Łazienki Palace

	Native name	Pałac na Wodzie, Pałac na Wyspie, Pałac Łazienkowski
	Location	Warsaw
	Coordinates	52° 12′ 54.43″ N, 21° 02′ 08.95″ E
	Established	1995 (Museum)
	Website	www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl
	Authority file	: Q345276 VIAF: 311231834

Accession number

ŁKr 811 (Łazienki Palace)

Object history

1774: purchased by King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski
before 1795
date QS:P,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: transferred to Palace on the Water, Warsaw
between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: stolen by Nazi Germany
1994: restituted to National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) by United States of America

Inscriptions

Signature top right:
G. MetSu

Notes

Purchased in Palazzo Balbi, together with An old man holding a pipe and a jug. Through his rich narrative detail, Gabriël Metsu gives themes that may seem unspectacular at first glance, such as Washerwoman, a picturesque appeal.

References

www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl

Włodzimierz Kalicki (2001). Trzystuletni romans. Sztuka Zagrabiona 15. Polish American Congress of Southern California

Source/Photographer

pl.pinterest.com

Licensing

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