End Notes
Gabriel Metsu and the gentle art of letter writing
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[1] Peter C. Sutton, Lisa Vergara, Ann Jensen Adams, Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer, London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2003, at 15
[2] The period is from 1588 to 1672
[3] Jonathan Janson, “Essential Vermeer: Women in the 17th Century Netherlands: Letters and Literature” https://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/netherlands/dutch-women-07.html
[4] Janson, op cit
[5] Raymond Keaveney, Foreword to Sutton, op cit
[6] Adriaan Waiboer, “Young Woman Seated in an Interior, Reading a Letter” (2017). In The Leiden Collection Catalogue, 3rd ed. Edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. and Lara Yeager-Crasselt. New York, 2020–23. https://www.theleidencollection.com/archive/
[7] Sutton, op cit at 22
[8] Waiboer, op cit
[9] Vermeer died in 1675, Metsu in 1667
[10] See article by Philip McCouat, “The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s Demise and Rediscovery”, Journal of Art in Society (2020) https://www.artinsociety.com/the-sphinx-of-delft-jan-vermeerrsquos-demise-and-rediscovery.html
[11] 52 cm x 40cm = 21in x 16in
[12] Sutton, op cit at 21/22
[13] Sutton, op cit at 126. That pair was An Officer Writing a Letter and Woman Reading a Letter
[14] The picture is one said to be by Jacob van der Does
[15] Sutton, op cit at 132
[16] Sutton, op cit at 132
[17] Sutton, op cit at 133
[18] Benjamin Moser, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, Allen Lane, 2023 at 153
[19] Philip McCouat, op cit
(c) Copyright Philip McCouat, 2025
[1] Peter C. Sutton, Lisa Vergara, Ann Jensen Adams, Love Letters: Dutch Genre Paintings in the Age of Vermeer, London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2003, at 15
[2] The period is from 1588 to 1672
[3] Jonathan Janson, “Essential Vermeer: Women in the 17th Century Netherlands: Letters and Literature” https://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/netherlands/dutch-women-07.html
[4] Janson, op cit
[5] Raymond Keaveney, Foreword to Sutton, op cit
[6] Adriaan Waiboer, “Young Woman Seated in an Interior, Reading a Letter” (2017). In The Leiden Collection Catalogue, 3rd ed. Edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. and Lara Yeager-Crasselt. New York, 2020–23. https://www.theleidencollection.com/archive/
[7] Sutton, op cit at 22
[8] Waiboer, op cit
[9] Vermeer died in 1675, Metsu in 1667
[10] See article by Philip McCouat, “The Sphinx of Delft: Jan Vermeer’s Demise and Rediscovery”, Journal of Art in Society (2020) https://www.artinsociety.com/the-sphinx-of-delft-jan-vermeerrsquos-demise-and-rediscovery.html
[11] 52 cm x 40cm = 21in x 16in
[12] Sutton, op cit at 21/22
[13] Sutton, op cit at 126. That pair was An Officer Writing a Letter and Woman Reading a Letter
[14] The picture is one said to be by Jacob van der Does
[15] Sutton, op cit at 132
[16] Sutton, op cit at 132
[17] Sutton, op cit at 133
[18] Benjamin Moser, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters, Allen Lane, 2023 at 153
[19] Philip McCouat, op cit
(c) Copyright Philip McCouat, 2025