Baroque Art in Holland
Vermeer's Young Woman with a Water Pitcher


Johannes Vermeer, Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, oil on canvas, c. 1662
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris

 

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Angelique Nehmzow wrote on Saturday, April 03, 2010

The following links you posted were really wonderful thank you! - In-depth study: Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance - Vermeer's The Music Lesson

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Where and When

Holland and Vermeer
Delft, Holland
c. 1662

Check this out as well

Web Feature: Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance (National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

Vermeer's The Music Lesson (video from the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance (video from the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

Vermeer's Girl with a Red Hat (video from the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

Vermeer's Use of the Camera Obscura (video from the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

Vermeer's A Lady Writing (video from the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.)

This painting in the museum

Essential Vermeer

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