Gabriel Metsu Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Breakfast, ca.1660
The Prodigal Son, 1640s
The Doctor's Visit, 1660s
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Gabriel Metsu at the Louvre Museum, Paris
The Greens Market (or Vegetable Market) in Amsterdam, ca.1660-61
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague
Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague
Great scans of Mauritshuis paintings, from the 'Memory of the Netherlands' project
Gabriel Metsu at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Paintings collection online
National Gallery, London, UK
Gabriel Metsu at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
The Intruder, ca.1660
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Gabriel Metsu at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
5 works online
Gabriel Metsu at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Great scans of Rijksmuseum paintings, from the 'Memory of the Netherlands' project
Rijksmuseum Research Database, Amsterdam (in Dutch)
8 works by Gabriel Metsu online
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
View Into a Hall with a Jester, a Girl and her Dog
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, UK
A Man and Woman at Wine
Frick Collection, New York City
A Lady at Her Toilet
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Portrait of a Lady, 1667
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Woman Reading a Letter, ca.1663
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium Catalogue (in French)
Companie galante
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
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The Wallace Collection, London, UK
5 paintings online
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
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The Cook, ca.1657-62
Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California
A Girl Receiving a Letter
Virtual Uffizi
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Artarchiv Sample Artist Signatures
Scroll down to signature 311
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Gabriel Metsu in the Art Renewal Center
Gabriel Metsu at CGFA
Google Art Project NEW!
The Sick Child (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Gabriel Metsu in the Web Gallery of Art
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
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California State University WorldImages Database
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
Mondo Mostre, Milan (in Italian)
Painting from a 2008-2009 exhibition
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Gabriel Metsu 
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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