Gabriel Metsu: The Sick Child
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Artist |
creator QS:P170,Q355213 | |
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Title |
The Sick Child title QS:P1476,en:"The Sick Child "
label QS:Len,"The Sick Child "
label QS:Les,"La niña enferma"
label QS:Lja,"病気の子供 (メツー)"
label QS:Lfr,"L'Enfant malade"
label QS:Lpl,"Chore dziecko"
label QS:Lml,"ദി സിക് ചൈൽഡ് (മെറ്റ്സു)"
label QS:Lnl,"Het zieke kind"
label QS:Lzh,"病童"
label QS:Lde,"Das kranke Kind" |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
genre art |
Description |
The pale, sick child hangs limply in the woman's lap. Beside them on the cupboard stands a stoneware bowl with spoon. On the wall behind hang a maps which has been rolled open, and a framed print showing the Crucifixion of Christ. |
Date |
1660 |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in) ; width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+32.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+27.2U174728 |
Collection |
Rijksmuseum
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Native name |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam |
Location |
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Coordinates |
52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E |
Established |
1800 |
Website |
rijksmuseum.nl |
Authority file |
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institution QS:P195,Q190804 |
Accession number |
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Object history |
- 9 June 1913: sale of the collection of Jhr. Hendricus Adolphus Steengracht, The Hague, at Georges Petit, Paris
- from 1913 until 1928
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1928-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Berlin
- 10 May 1928: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of Huldschinsky at an unknown auction house, Berlin, lot no. 20, for NLG 135,000
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Exhibition history |
- Gabriel Metsu, 22 June 1966–5 September 1966, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, Cat.no. 37.
Schilders van het dagelijks leven in de Hollandse 17de eeuw, 23 October 2004–9 January 2005, 9 February 2005–1 May 2005.
- Gabriel Metsu, 4 September 2010–5 December 2010, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 17 April 2011–24 July 2011, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C..
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Credit line |
Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt |
Inscriptions |
- Signature top left:
G. Metsue
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References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Het zieke kind, 1663-1664, height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,32.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,27.2U174728 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 24846, as Het zieke kind, 1644-1667, height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 27 cm (10.6 in)dimensions QS:P2048,33U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,27U174728
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20718994, as Das kranke Kind, circa 1660date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 46 cm (18.1 in); width: 38.5 cm (15.1 in)dimensions QS:P2048,46U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,38.5U174728
Vereniging Rembrandt, as Het zieke kind, circa 1663-1664, height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,32.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,27.2U174728 .
Web Gallery of Art, as The Sick Child, circa 1660date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 , height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in)dimensions QS:P2048,32.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,27.2U174728 .
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Source/Photographer |
The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. |
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