The Visit to the Nursery (1661)
Gabriel Metsu1661 · Square · Public domain
Add to a brief →
Rights checked · print-ready master at your size · adapted to your space on request
Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1667)
Specifications
- Year
- 1661
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1629–1667
About the artwork
Gabriel Metsu is the artist behind "The Visit to the Nursery", dated 1661. Context for 1661: The seventeenth century is the age of the Baroque, which favoured dramatic light, movement, and strong emotion in the work of painters in Italy, Spain, and Flanders. In the Dutch Republic, a prosperous middle-class market supported landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and scenes of daily life painted at a modest scale for the home. It is listed in the Figurative collection. The image is in square orientation. Figurative in brief: Over the centuries, painters have used the figure to express social standing, narrative, and emotion. Figurative art depicts people and recognisable scenes, and it has been central to European painting since antiquity.
"The Visit to the Nursery" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A square format is flexible and works well on its own or as part of a grid on a gallery wall. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Dutch, 1629–1667
If you like the visual language of Gabriel Metsu, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.
