A Man at a Table Smoking a Pipe

Gabriël Metsu, Wallerant Vaillantca. 1670-1677

Details

Title: A Man at a Table Smoking a Pipe
Creator: Attributed to Wallerant Vaillant, possibly after Gabriel Metsu
Date Created: ca. 1670-1677
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed, lower left: “I. Covens et. C. Mortier Excudit”; inscribed in brown ink, lower center: “Gabriel Metzu”
Print State: Second of two states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1982
Materials & Techniques: Mezzotint on laid paper
Keywords: figures (representations), genre, male figures, smoking
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 247 mm x 180 mm (9.72 in. x 7.09 in.).
Bibliography: Wessely (p. 34) 60 ii/ii; Hollstein 91 ii/ii as “A Man at a Table Smoking a Pipe”
Associated People: Attributed to Wallerant Vaillant (Dutch, 1623-1677), Possibly after Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, 1629-1667)
Accession Number: 1982.2.1

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