Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, Sold Without Reserve
After Gabriel Metsu
A man returning from a hunt, greeted by a lady in an interior
Lot Closed
March 23, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, Sold Without Reserve
After Gabriel Metsu
A man returning from a hunt, greeted by a lady in an interior
oil on panel
panel: 19 ⅜ by 14 ⅝ in.; 49.2 by 37.1 cm.
framed: 26 ¼ by 21 ½ in.; 66.7 by 54.6 cm.
By whom sold, New York, Anderson Galleries, 23 January 1936, lot 25 (as Gabriel Metsu);
There acquired by Mrs. H.C. Buswell;
Thence by bequest to the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, 1955 (inv. no. 55.76).
A. Waiboer, Gabriel Metsu: Life and Work, New Haven and London 2012, pp. 265-266, cat. no. A-125, copy number 3.
This is an 18th or 19th century painting after a 17th century composition by Gabriel Metsu, the original of which was formerly in the collection of the Duc de Choiseul and later in the Rothschild collection.1 The composition proved to be very popular, and a large number of copies after the original are known.2 Its popularity further spread by way of an engraving by François-Robert Ingouf (circa 1770-1772), which recorded the original composition in reverse.3 The present work follows the orientation of Ingouf's engraving, suggesting it follows the engraving.
1. Oil on panel, 61 by 45.7 cm. https://rkd.nl/explore/images/216561.
2. Waiboer records around a dozen copies in his catalogue raisonné. See Waiboer 2012, pp. 265-266, under cat. no. A-125.
3. https://rkd.nl/explore/images/215278