LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Vermeer

A Maid Asleep ca. 1656–57 Object Details Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1656–57 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.611 The misbehavior of unsupervised maidservants was a common subject for seventeenth-century Dutch painters. Yet in his depiction of a young maid dozing next to a glass of wine, Vermeer transfigured an ordinary scene into an investigation of light, color, and texture that supersedes any moralizing lesson. While the toppled glass at left (now abraded with time) and rumpled table carpet may indicate a recently departed visitor, X-radiographs indicate that Vermeer chose to remove a male figure he had originally included standing in the door­way, heightening the painting’s ambiguity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437878

A Maid Asleep ca. 1656–57 Object Details Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1656–57 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.611 The misbehavior of unsupervised maidservants was a common subject for seventeenth-century Dutch painters. Yet in his depiction of a young maid dozing next to a glass of wine, Vermeer transfigured an ordinary scene into an investigation of light, color, and texture that supersedes any moralizing lesson. While the toppled glass at left (now abraded with time) and rumpled table carpet may indicate a recently departed visitor, X-radiographs indicate that Vermeer chose to remove a male figure he had originally included standing in the door­way, heightening the painting’s ambiguity. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437878

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1662 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 Accession Number:89.15.21 The essential subject of this serene picture is an ideal woman in an ideal home. Her head and elegant costume are covered by linen scarves, which with the silver-gilt basin and pitcher and the open window suggest ablutions at the beginning of the day. A string of pearls emerges from the jewelry box. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the primaries) enhance the harmonious mood. Works by Vermeer were newly known and coveted by American collectors of the Gilded Age: this canvas was the first of thirteen to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1662 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 Accession Number:89.15.21 The essential subject of this serene picture is an ideal woman in an ideal home. Her head and elegant costume are covered by linen scarves, which with the silver-gilt basin and pitcher and the open window suggest ablutions at the beginning of the day. A string of pearls emerges from the jewelry box. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the primaries) enhance the harmonious mood. Works by Vermeer were newly known and coveted by American collectors of the Gilded Age: this canvas was the first of thirteen to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1662 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 Accession Number:89.15.21 The essential subject of this serene picture is an ideal woman in an ideal home. Her head and elegant costume are covered by linen scarves, which with the silver-gilt basin and pitcher and the open window suggest ablutions at the beginning of the day. A string of pearls emerges from the jewelry box. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the primaries) enhance the harmonious mood. Works by Vermeer were newly known and coveted by American collectors of the Gilded Age: this canvas was the first of thirteen to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1662 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 Accession Number:89.15.21 The essential subject of this serene picture is an ideal woman in an ideal home. Her head and elegant costume are covered by linen scarves, which with the silver-gilt basin and pitcher and the open window suggest ablutions at the beginning of the day. A string of pearls emerges from the jewelry box. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the primaries) enhance the harmonious mood. Works by Vermeer were newly known and coveted by American collectors of the Gilded Age: this canvas was the first of thirteen to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1662 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 Accession Number:89.15.21 The essential subject of this serene picture is an ideal woman in an ideal home. Her head and elegant costume are covered by linen scarves, which with the silver-gilt basin and pitcher and the open window suggest ablutions at the beginning of the day. A string of pearls emerges from the jewelry box. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the primaries) enhance the harmonious mood. Works by Vermeer were newly known and coveted by American collectors of the Gilded Age: this canvas was the first of thirteen to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft) Date: ca. 1662 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions:18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 Accession Number:89.15.21 The essential subject of this serene picture is an ideal woman in an ideal home. Her head and elegant costume are covered by linen scarves, which with the silver-gilt basin and pitcher and the open window suggest ablutions at the beginning of the day. A string of pearls emerges from the jewelry box. Balanced shapes and colors (mainly the primaries) enhance the harmonious mood. Works by Vermeer were newly known and coveted by American collectors of the Gilded Age: this canvas was the first of thirteen to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. Text from: metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881