File:Gabriël Metsu - The Sick Child - WGA15091.jpg
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[edit]Gabriel Metsu: The Sick Child
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| Title |
The Sick Child. |
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painting  |
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| Genre |
genre art |
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| 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. |
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| Date | circa 1660-1665 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
SK-A-3059 |
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| Object history |
9 June 1913: sale of the collection of Jhr. Hendricus Adolphus Steengracht, The Hague, at Georges Petit, Paris 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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). RKDimages, Art-work number 24846, as Het zieke kind, 1644-1667, height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 27 cm (10.6 in) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, object 20718994, as Das kranke Kind, circa 1660, height: 46 cm (18.1 in); width: 38.5 cm (15.1 in) Vereniging Rembrandt, as Het zieke kind, circa 1663-1664, height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in). Web Gallery of Art, as The Sick Child, circa 1660, height: 32.2 cm (12.6 in); width: 27.2 cm (10.7 in). |
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Web Gallery of Art:  Image  Info about artwork |
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