Young woman seated at a virginal

Vermeer, Johannes (1632-1675)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1670
Height:
51.5 cm  (20 1/4 in.)
Width:
45.5 cm  (17 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NG2568]

Description

A woman is seated playing a virginal. In the left foreground rests a viola da gamba with the bow placed in between the strings.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Virginal [2257]
Viola da gamba [3604]
Bow [2207]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Photo © The National Gallery, London

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

476