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image of The Intruder
Gabriel Metsu (artist)
Dutch, 1629 - 1667
The Intruder, c. 1660
oil on panel
overall: 66.6 x 59.4 cm (26 1/4 x 23 3/8 in.) framed: 93.4 x 85.1 x 12.1 cm (36 3/4 x 33 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
1937.1.57
On View
From the Tour: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s
Object 2 of 8
1829Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 vols. London, 1829-1842: 4(1833):102-103, no. 94; 9(1842):524, no. 29.
1854Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illustrated Mss, etc. etc. 4 vols. London, 1854: 2:183.
1857Thoré, Théophile E. J. (William Bürger). Trésors d'art exposés à Manchester en 1857 et provenant des collections royales, des collections publiques et des collections particulières de la Grande Bretagne. Paris, 1857: 275-276.
1860Viardot, Louis. Les Musées d'Angelterre, de Belgique de Hollande et de Russie. Paris, 1860: 155.
1860Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Handbook of Paintings: The German, Flemish and Dutch Schools. Based on the Handbook of Kugler. 2 vols. London, 1860: 1:367.
1879Crowe, Joseph A. Handbook of Painting: The German, Flemish, and Dutch Schools. Based on editions by Waagen and Kugler. 2 parts. London, 1879: 2:399.
1889Weale, William Henry James. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook. 2 vols. London, 1889: 2:55, no. 74, 202, repro. 30.
1907Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century.... 8 vols., translated from the German edition. London, 1907-1917: 1(1907):314-315, no. 190.
1909Kronig, Johann O. "Gabriel Metsu." Revue de l'art ancien et moderne 25 (1909) part 2: 213-224, repro.
1926Collins Charles Henry Collins. Dutch Painting of the Seventeenth Century. London, 1916: 24, color repro.
1937Jewell, Edward Alden. "Mellon's Gift." Magazine of Art 30, no. 2 (February 1937): 82.
1941Held, Julius S. "Masters of Nothern Europe, 1430-1660, in the National Gallery." ArtNews 40, no. 8 (June, 1941): 12, repro.
1941Duveen 1941, fig. 211.
1941Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 134.
1942Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 240, repro. 28.
1949Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 90, repro.
1960The National Gallery of Art and Its Collections. Foreword by Perry B. Cott and notes by Otto Stelzer. National Gallery of Art, Washington (undated, 1960s): 23.
1960Baird, Thomas P. Dutch Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Seven in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 30, color repro.
1962Grinten, Evert F. van der. "Le cachalot et le mannequin: deux facettes de la réalité dans l’art hollandais du seizième et du dix-septième siècles." Nederlands kunsthistorisch jaarboek 13 (1962): 170-173, fig. 23.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 315, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 90.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture: Illustrations (Companion to the Summary Catalogue, 1965). Washington, 1968: 78, no. 57, repro.
1974Robinson, Franklin W. Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667): A Study of His Place in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age. New York, 1974: 56-57, 67, 181, repro. 133.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 286, no. 379, color repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 232, repro.
1976Jongh, Eddy de, et al. Tot lering en vermaak: betekenissen van hollandse genrevoorstellingen uit de zeventiende eeuw. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1976: 195, note 3.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 287, no. 373, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 268, repro.
1986Sutton 1986, 310, repro. 463.
1991Ydema, Onno. Carpets and Their Datings in Netherlandish Paintings, 1540-1700. Zutphen, 1991: 138, no. 129.
1995Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 164-168, color repro. 167.
1998Goodman, Elise. "Female Beauty and Adornment." In Helene E. Roberts, ed., Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. 2 vols. Chicago, 1998: 1:325, 326.
1998Tortora, Phyllis G. and Keith Eubank. Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. New York, 1998: 215, fig. 9.10.
2007Waiboer, Adriaan. "Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667): Life and Work." Ph.D. diss, New York University (2007): 218, 762-764, 1179 no. A-130 color repro.
2010Scholten, Frits. "Metsu's marmer." Kunstschrift 54, no. 6 (December 2010/January 2011): 40, 47, col. fig. 45.

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