3493007 The Visit to the Nursery, 1661 (oil on canvas) by Metsu, Gabriel (1629-67); 77.5x81.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: In an impressively appointed room, modeled on a large chamber by Jacob van Campen in the new Town Hall of Amsterdam, the parents of a newborn baby receive a fashionable well-wisher. Such a kraambezoek (cradle visit) was a minor ritual of polite society.).