Portrait of a Woman
Gabriel Metsu
n.d.
Medium
Red chalk, with stumping and traces of black chalk, on tan laid oval paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
19.9 × 15.2 cm (7 7/8 × 6 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
83856
About the Artist
Gabriel Metsu · 1629–1667
Dutch painter. He was the son of Jacques Metsue (1587/9–1629), a Flemish painter in Leiden. Gabriel Metsu was one of the leading figures in the founding of the Leiden Guild of St Luke of which he became a member in 1648. Dutch painter. Comment on works: Genre