Gabriël Metsu

Artist (Netherlands)

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Gabriël Metsu (1629-1667) Born in Leiden in 1629, Gabriel Metsu was the son of artist Jaques Metsue, who had moved there from Flanders. He was probably apprenticed to his father before becoming a pupil of Gerard Dou, then Leiden’s leading genre painter. In 1648, he helped found Leiden’s artist guild and later in 1657 he moved to Amsterdam, where he was to remain. Although...

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