Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667)Gabriel Metsu, born in Leiden in 1629, was the son of a Flemish painter, Jaques Metsue, who had settled in that city. He was probably taught by his father before becoming a pupil of Gerard Dou, the pre-eminent Leiden genre painter at that time. In 1648 he was one of the founders of the Leiden painters' guild and later in 1657 he moved to Amsterdam, where he remained for the rest of his life. Metsu painted many genre pieces, especially interiors with people and street scenes as well as a number of religious depictions. |
