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New York: Schram, 1974. Original cloth. Illustrated with 240 black and white plates. (Ex library copy with the usual markings, labels and stamps. Dustj. missing, All in all in a very good condition). Gabriel Metsu's numerous works--there are more than one hundred and fifty extant paintings--have an unusual charm and immediacy, ranging over a wide variety of subjects: not only genre scenes, illustrating tavern and peasant life as well as more familiar bourgeois views of the boudoir and living room, but also religious scenes, still-lifes, and, occasionally, portraits. These paintings are characterized by a direct, sometimes almost naive delight in a world of bedrooms and taverns and nurseries; his love of depicting everyday people in everyday roles, housewives and hunters, drinkers, smokers, and prostitutes, is equalled by a sheer delight in color--particularly the juxtaposition of red and green--and the qualities of paint itself, with sparkling highlights touched on the surface of an object or,…
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Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667): A study of his place in Dutch genre painting of the Golden Age.
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Gabriel Metsu 1629-1667: A Study of His Place in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age
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NY: Abner Schram, 1974. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., very small owner label to front pastedown and an even smaller bookseller's label to rear pastedown. truly minor corner-wear to dust jacket, negligible. no other flaws or wear. clean, no markings or writing. strong binding. no bumps or chips.; english text., 240pp., 246 b/w plates and a color frontispiece. detailed art history.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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New York: Abner Schram, 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 11.3x8.8x1.1in. split in cloth in rear gutter, ownership cipher and number on front pastedown, lacking dust jacket. Gabriel Metsu's numerous works -- there are more than one hundred and fifty extant paintings -- have an unusual charm and immediacy, ranging over a wide variety of subjects: not only genre scenes, illustrating tavern and peasant life as well as more familiar bourgeois views of the boudoir and living room, but also religious scenes, still-lifes, and, occasionally, portraits. These paintings are characterized by a direct, sometimes almost naive delight in a world of bedrooms and taverns and nurseries; his love of depicting everyday people in everyday roles, housewives and hunters, drinkers, smokers, and prostitutes, is equaled by a sheer delight in color -- particularly the juxtaposition of red and green -- and the qualities of paint itself, with sparkling highlights touched on the surface of an object or, sometimes, short hooks…
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