Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
The Note
(Baroque Europe )
Though its damaged condition makes it difficult to assess, the attribution to Metsu has recently been affirmed. The Dutch painter was one of the great interpreters of the domestic lives of the affluent in the mid-17th century.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Herr A. de Ridder, Schonberg, Germany [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see coll. cat. for further provenance]; Sale, Kleinberger Galleries, New York, February 20, 1925; Henry Walters, Baltimore, February 20, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Netherlands (Holland) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 3/4 x W: 11 3/4 in. (32.39 x 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.676