Young woman seated at a virginal

Vermeer, Johannes (1632-1675)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1670-1672

Height:

25.5 cm  (10 1/16 in.)

Width:

20.0 cm  (7 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Nederland

Description

A woman dressed in a yellow shawl plays a virginal while gazing outward toward the viewer.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Virginal [2257]

Image URLs

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Notes

From Met Museum web site where it was displayed in 2009: Until recently this late work by Vermeer was little known, even to specialists. Technical examination and passages of painting very similar to those in Vermeer's picture of the same title in The National Gallery, London, support the Delft artist's authorship. However, another hand may have painted the yellow shawl, under which are traces of less voluminous attire.

RIdIM record id

1546