Oil painting on oak panel, The Duet (‘Le corset bleu’), Gabriel Metsu (Leyden 1629 – Amsterdam 1667), signed at the bottom of the sheet of music: G. Metsu. A full-length portrait of a young lady wearing a blue jacket edged with ermine, and a white satin skirt trimmed with gold braid sits at the right beside a table which is partly covered by a carpet; she holds a musical score on her lap and turns to look at a youth who sits on the farther side of the table tuning his guitar. A glass of wine stands between them, to the right is a large chimney-piece supported on columns, and in the foreground a King Charles spaniel. (A contemporary copy is in the collection of HM The Queen, Buckingham Palace). Inscribed – G. Metsu (signed).
