Femme au virginal (1662)
Gabriel Metsu1662 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1667)
Specifications
- Year
- 1662
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1629–1667
About the artwork
Gabriel Metsu is the artist behind "Femme au virginal", dated 1662. Figurative, a short history: Figurative art depicts people and recognisable scenes, and it has been central to European painting since antiquity. Over the centuries, painters have used the figure to express social standing, narrative, and emotion. Historical background, 1662: 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. The catalogue places it in Figurative. The format is portrait.
"Femme au virginal" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. 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
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