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Original – Man Writing a Letter has its pair, the woman who is reading the letter posted by him. Exposed at the
National Gallery of Ireland.
Original – Woman Reading a Letter
Reason
Gabriël Metsu (1629 – 1667) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who's best pictures were
genre works and
portraits. While not that
iconic as Vermeer, these pictures are of high artistic merit. These are works that are none the less wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art. They were nevertheless desirable and they were stolen a couple of times, in 1974 and again in 1986 from the
Russborough House, from the Beit collection. Both times the Woman Reading a Letter and Man Writing a Letter was stolen and recovered. Painted as a a pair and also owned and stolen as a pair, they are currently exposed at the museum as a pair, at the
National Gallery of Ireland.
Hung as a pair... not proof of the artist's intentions, but good enough for me. Support set. —
Crisco 1492 (
talk) 03:18, 10 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Comment - You have proof now, it was also the artist's intention. We have 2 two new articles on them - and yes, it was painted as couple from the begining.
Hafspajen (
talk) 17:03, 10 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Support: as paired. Interesting history...
Fylbecatuloustalk 15:00, 10 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Support - a pair of interesting images.
SagaciousPhil -
Chat 13:55, 11 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Support pair/set --
Godot13 (
talk) 03:34, 12 September 2014 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 20:21, 18 September 2014 (UTC)reply Promoted File:Woman Reading a Letter by Gabriël Metsu.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 20:21, 18 September 2014 (UTC)reply