Girl interrupted at her music

Vermeer, Johannes (1632-1675)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1658-1659
Height:
39.4 cm  (15 1/2 in.)
Width:
44.5 cm  (17 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Frick Collection
    [Museum inv. no.: 1901.1.125]

Description

A girl sits at a table, with a man standing beside her. She holds a sheet of paper, probably a song. A cittern and a printed book of music lie in on the table.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Cittern [3106]

Musical works

illegible music notation

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Paintings in The Frick Collection: American, British, Dutch, Flemish and German (New York: The Frick Collection, 1968) vol. 1.

Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).

RIdIM record id

1671