Portrait of a Lady, 1667 (oil on panel), Metsu, Gabriel (1629-67) / Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library

Early peoples created Myths, when they could not explain how or why things happened - from their own emotions to Nature. Traditional historians rely on man's written & drawn records to interpret past progress & myths. Archaeologists' science & artifacts form the basis of our knowledge of prehistorical civilizations, most of which seem to be in Africa, Europe, & Asia. We don't know much about ancient cultures here in North America, but we need to.

Early peoples created Myths, when they could not explain how or why things happened - from their own emotions to Nature. Traditional historians rely on man's written & drawn records to interpret past progress & myths. Archaeologists' science & artifacts form the basis of our knowledge of prehistorical civilizations, most of which seem to be in Africa, Europe, & Asia. We don't know much about ancient cultures here in North America, but we need to.

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This article was first published at Foundations Revealed in April 2015. Due to length and amount of picture, this article will be posted in two parts here. Introduction Pieter de Hooch, Mother Lacing Her Bodice Beside A Cradle, 1659-1660 17th century stays is a rather neglected subject in fashion history and little have been written about it. There are also very few remaining examples of stays and boned bodices and even fewer of those have been properly analyzed. This article will take a…

Gabriel Metsu - Dame à sa fenêtre

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Gabriël Metsu (1629-1667, Flemish) was a Dutch genre painter born in Leiden. His still lifes and portraits represent the 17th century’s Dutch Golden Age. Primarily guided by his teacher, Gerard Dou, he was also influenced by Rembrandt and Jan Steen. After moving to Amsterdam in 1657, he began to produce some of his greatest works. Focused on middle class daily life, Metsu's works were often of vegetable and fish markets as well as family portraits. Some of his favorite subjects were women…

The Sick Child, Gabriel Metsu

Born in 1629 to a painter and a midwife, Metsu was recorded as a painter at the tender age of 14. The name of his teacher is unknown, but he probably studied for some time under the Utrecht painter Nicolaus Knupfer. In Leiden, Metsu painted mainly large-scale biblical scenes. In the middle of the 1650s, after his parents had died, Metsu moved to Amsterdam. This shift prompted him to change his specialisation and paint intimate scenes of daily life inspired by Gerrit Dou from Leiden and…

The Dismissal of Hagar - Gabriel Metsu

Learn more about The Sacrifice of Isaac Gabriel Metsu - oil artwork, painted by one of the most celebrated masters in the history of art.