Woman Preparing an Omelette

Gabriël Metsu, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel1768

Details

Title: Woman Preparing an Omelette
Creator: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel after Gabriel Metsu
Date Created: 1768
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed on verso, lower left: “G. Metzu del. Ploos van Amstel fecit 1768”; signed note in van Amstel’s hand, recto
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. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947
Materials & Techniques: Etching
Keywords: domestic genre, egg, food, genre, labor, sex role
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Bibliography: VA 14; Rudolf Weigel, “Die Werke der Maler,” 1865, p. 73, no. 108
Associated People: Created by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (Dutch, 1726-1798), After Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, 1629-1667)
Accession Number: 1947.D1.197.5

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