After a work by Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) looted and lost...

- Oil and gouache on thick cardboard. Impeccable resemblance to the original by Metsu that has been lost. - The painting attributed to Gabriel Metsu, historically known as A Sleeping Woman at the Table (or A Sleeping Woman by the Hearth), was part of the prestigious old master art collection of Adolphe Schloss, a wealthy Jewish collector based in Paris. After Schloss’s death in 1910 and his wife Lucie’s in 1938, the set — consisting of more than 300 masterpieces by European painters from the 17th and 18th centuries — came under the custody of his heirs amid a growing antisemitic threat on the eve of the Second World War. With the German invasion of France, the Schloss family’s goods suffered a systematic plunder orchestrated by the authorities of Vichy France and the Nazi regime, which attempted to move and confiscate the canvases clandestinely. Part of the hidden collection was intercepted and transferred to the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris — used as a storage and sorting center for stolen works — before many pieces disappeared in the chaos of the conflict or in the Gestapo basements. We do not know the circumstances in which this copy was made, other than likely from life, as suggested by its impressive quality of detail, but it undoubtedly constitutes an exceptional testimony for the study of disappeared artworks during the great conflict of the 20th century, and the closest remaining link to the vanished Metsu work. - Image dimensions without frame: 18 x 20 cm / 28 x 30 cm with exclusive custom frame. At Montbaron Gallery, we are pleased to offer our clients an exclusive selection of artworks, all of which are unique, original, and unrepeatable. Each piece in our gallery is the result of deep dedication, a creative vision, and masterful technique, features that guarantee its authenticity. 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