print
- Museum number
- 1867,0713.5
- Title
- Object: The Letter-Writer
- Description
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Dutch interior with a man seated at a clothed table in front of an open window at left and writing a letter; Turkish carpet over the table, a globe beyond and a painting with a rich gilt frame showing a pastoral scene in background; after Gabriel Metsu; working proof before any lettering. 1812
Etching
- Production date
- 1812
- Dimensions
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Height: 240 millimetres (image)
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Height: 424 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 185 millimetres (image)
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Width: 320 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Sketch in pencil below the image, representing a pastoral scene with animals and a human being.
After the painting by Metsu in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (NGI.4536).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0713.5