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Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Metsu was the son of Jacques Metsu a tapestry worker and painter.
• In 1648 Metsu was registered among the first members of the painters' guild at Leiden. 
• He painted history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works.
• Only 14 of his 133 works are dated.
• At least thirteen of his paintings show carpets and he probably used the same model.
• For a while Metsu trained Michiel van Musscher and Joost van Geel.
• Metsu died at the age of 38 and was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Gabriël Metsu, Lady seated at a Window.
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