Great masters of Dutch and Flemish painting (1909)
Bode, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929, Clarke, Margaret L · London : Duckworth and co.; New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 114
rough, genre appearance, and, in conception as well asin construction, even in colouring, plainly shows theinfluence of Jan Steen, a native of Leyden, and somewhatolder than Metsu. Other Biblical subjects, though theyfollow the text more closely, satisfy us still less, as theyare cold and bald in… … G. METSU THE PAINTER AND HIS WIFE Dresden To face p. 70 GABRIEL METSU 71 similar impression is made by The Widows Mite, in theSchwerin Gallery; the Adulteress, in the Louvre fromthe year 1653 ; the Woman at the Altar, in the Schon-born collection in Vienna (probably a representation of thepenitent…
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