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Metsu painted in a variety of styles and genres through his artistic career. He painted The Sick Child towards the end of his life, when his style resembled Pieter de Hooch or Johannes Vermeer , with bright light, weak shadows, and fresh even colours, but with thicker paint and coarser brushstrokes so a less refined style than Vermeer.
The theme recurs amongst the works of Johannes Vermeer, Gabriël Metsu and, in particular, Gerard ter Borch. Due in part to the 'Great age of letter writing', the act of writing and thus reading a letter was increasing in popularity and still quite a significant event. [1] [2]
The influence of Johannes Vermeer on Metsu is unmistakable: the light from the left, the marble floor. [40] [41] [42] (Adriaan Waiboer, however, suggests that Metsu requires more emotional involvement of the viewer.) Vermeer probably competed also with Nicolaes Maes, who produced genre works in a similar style. In 1662, Vermeer was elected head ...
Woman Reading a Letter is an oil painting by Dutch artist Gabriël Metsu, created c. 1665–1667, shortly before his death. During his lifetime, under the Golden Age of Dutch painting, Metsu was a renowned painter, much better known than Vermeer. [1] This painting is assumed to be a pair with Man Writing a Letter.
Metsu likely got the idea for a pair of themed paintings from Gerard ter Borch, who had painted a similar pair: Man Writing a Letter and A Woman Sealing a Letter. [1] Johannes Vermeer's influence is also reflected in the painting, such as the light from the left and the marble floor. [3] [4] [5]
The Death of the Virgin: ... Johannes Vermeer: 2527: A Woman with a Child in a Pantry: 1658: Pieter de Hooch: ... Gabriël Metsu: 1556A3: The Night School:
Woman Reading a Letter, a mid-1660s painting by Gabriël Metsu; Woman ... , a painting from around 1663 by Johannes Vermeer This page was last edited on 14 March ...
The Music Lesson, by Johannes Vermeer Starry Night Over the Rhône , by Vincent van Gogh Double Portrait of both Artists , at and by Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne