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Detail from Vermeer's Music Lesson
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GABRIEL METSU (LEIDEN 1629-AMSTERDAM 1667)

A Self-Portrait

RCIN 405943

With narrowed eyes the painter studies the world through a fictive stone frame, holding the tools of his trade: palette, maul-stick and brushes. But he aspires to be a liberal artist: he dresses like a gentleman and is engaged not in painting, which is a bit messy, but drawing. Acquired by George IV in 1814 Cat. 10

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