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Study of a Young Woman
Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1665–67
- Artist
- Johannes Vermeer Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft
- Date
- ca. 1665–67
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (44.5 x 40 cm)
- Where to see it
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in memory of Theodore Rousseau Jr., 1979 · CC0 Public Domain · The Met · see it at the museum ↗
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- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
About Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. He was not wealthy; at his death, his wife was left in debt.
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