Saturday, June 18, 2011

PAST: ART: "Gabriel Metsu, 1629–1667" at the National Gallery of Art, leaves this SUN, July 24th, Free

Now on view at the National Gallery of Art Gabriel Metsu, 1629–1667
Sunday, April 17th - Sunday, July 24th
Free

Metsu was one of the most important Dutch genre painters of his day. In the first monographic show of his work in the United States, some 35 paintings will reveal the artist's extraordinary ability to capture ordinary moments of life with freshness, spontaneity, and unerring realism.

Pictured: Gabriel Metsu, The Intruder, c. 1660, National Gallery of Art, Andrew W. Mellon Collection

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East Building, Ground Floor
Metro: Judiciary Square or Archives - Navy Memorial
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