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The Milkmaid (Vermeer)

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amorous symbols in the painting include a wide-mouthed jug, often used as a symbol of the female anatomy. The foot warmer was often used by artists as a symbol for female sexual arousal because, when placed under a skirt, it heats the whole body below the waist, according to Liedtke. The coals enclosed inside the foot warmer could symbolize "either the heat of lust in tavern or brothel scenes, or the hidden but true burning passion of a woman for her husband", according to Serena Cant, a British art historian and lecturer. Yet the whitewashed wall and presence of milk seem to indicate that the room was a "cool kitchen" used for cooking with dairy products, such as milk and butter, so the foot warmer would have a pragmatic purpose there. Since other Dutch paintings of the period indicate that foot warmers were used when seated, its presence in the picture may symbolize the standing woman's "hardworking nature", according to Cant.
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resemble a knobbly crust or a crust with seeds on it. The bread and basket, despite being closer to the viewer, are painted in a more diffuse way than the illusionistic realism of the wall, with its stains, shadowing, nail and nail hole, or the seams and fastenings of the woman's dress, the gleaming, polished brass container hanging from the wall. The panes of glass in the window are varied in a very realistic way, with a crack in one (fourth row from the bottom, far right) reflected on the wood of the window frame. Just below that pane, another has a scratch, indicated with a thin white line. Another pane (second row from the bottom, second from right) is pushed inward within its frame.
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in 17th-century Holland were inexpensive ways of decorating bare walls.) He originally placed a large, conspicuous clothes basket (the Rijksmuseum web page calls it a "sewing basket") near the bottom of the painting, behind the maid's red skirt, but then the artist painted it over, producing the slight shift in tone (
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Characteristic of Delft artistry and of Vermeer's work, the painting also has a "classic balance" of figurative elements and an "extraordinary treatment of light", according to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The wall on the left, according to Liedtke, "gets you very quickly in the picture—that
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The painting shows a milkmaid, a woman who milks cows and makes dairy products like butter and cheese, in a plain room carefully pouring milk into a squat earthenware container on a table. Milkmaids began working solely in the stables before large houses hired them to do housework as well rather than
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is also a dominant color in an exceptionally luminous work (with a much less somber and conventional rendering of light than any of Vermeer's previous extant works). Depicting white walls was a challenge for artists in Vermeer's time, with his contemporaries using various forms of gray pigment. Here
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An impression of monumentality and "perhaps a sense of dignity" is lent to the image by the artist's choice of a relatively low vantage point and a pyramidal building up of forms from the left foreground to the woman's head, according to a web page of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. According to the
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Vermeer painted over two items originally in the painting. One was a large wall map (a Rijksmuseum web page calls it a painting) behind the upper part of the woman's body. (A wall map may not have been very out of place in a humble workroom such as the cold kitchen where the maid toiled: large maps
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method. Broad strokes in the painting of the clothing suggests the coarse, thick texture of the work clothing. The blue cuff uses a lighter mixture of ultramarine and lead-white, together with a layer of ochre painted beneath it. The brilliant blue of the skirt or apron has been intensified with a
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used to show the rough edges of broken crust. One piece of bread to the viewer's right and close to the Dutch oven, has a broad band of yellow, different from the crust, which Cant believes is a suggestion that the piece is going stale. The small roll at the far right has thick impastoed dots that
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in which the bread mixed with egg would be soaking at the moment depicted in the painting. She pours milk into the Dutch oven to cover the mixture because otherwise the bread, if not simmering in liquid while it is baking, will become an unappetizing, dry crust instead of forming the typical upper
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Vermeer's painting is even more understated, although the use of symbols remains: one of the Delft tiles at the foot of the wall behind the maid, near the foot warmer, depicts Cupid – which can imply arousal of a woman or simply that while she is working she is daydreaming about a man. Other
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The idea that Vermeer traced compositions in an optical device is rather naive when you consider that the light lasts maybe 10 seconds, but the painting took at least months to paint." Instead, The pin in the canvas would have been tied to a string with chalk on it, which the painter would have
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By depicting the working maid in the act of careful cooking, the artist presents not just a picture of an everyday scene, but one with ethical and social value. The humble woman is using common ingredients and otherwise useless stale bread to create a pleasurable product for the household. "Her
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hiring out for more staff. Also on the table in front of the milkmaid are various types of bread. She is a young, sturdily built woman wearing a crisp linen cap, a blue apron and work sleeves pushed up from thick forearms. A foot warmer is on the floor behind her, near
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The painting is part of a social context of the sexual or romantic interactions of maids and men of higher social ranks that has now disappeared in Europe and which was never commonly recognized in America. Liedtke offers as an example Vermeer's contemporary,
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The painting was exhibited online in a high-quality digital version after museum curators found that many people thought that a low-quality yellowed version of the image which was circulating on the Internet was a good reproduction of the image.
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In Dutch literature and paintings of Vermeer's time, maids were often depicted as subjects of male desire—dangerous women threatening the honor and security of the home, the center of Dutch life—although some Vermeer contemporaries, such as
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A 1907 Dutch cartoon by Jan Rinke, reflecting a controversy over whether the state should purchase the painting rather than let it possibly fall into the hands of some rich American art collector. The government bought the work for the
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measured demeanor, modest dress and judiciousness in preparing her food conveys eloquently yet unobtrusively one of the strongest values of 17th-century Netherlands, domestic virtue", according to the Essential Vermeer website.
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in New York City, and the outbreak of World War II during the fair – with the German occupation of the Netherlands – caused the work to remain in the U.S. until Holland was liberated. During this time it was displayed at the
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pattern of bright dots on the bread and basket" are the "most effusive" use of that scheme in any Vermeer painting, and it appears to be used to suggest "scintillating daylight and rough textures at the same time."
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of collectors, and in 1908 her two sons sold the painting (as part of the famous Six collection of thirty-nine works) to the Rijksmuseum, which acquired the works with support from the Dutch government and the
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recession from the left and then the openness to the right—and this sort of left-corner scheme was used for about 10 years before Vermeer, and he was very quick to pick up the latest thing."
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See Schama, Chapter 6 on the housemaid, "the most dangerous women of all" (p. 455). See also Franits, 118-119 and 166, and the other passages under "maids, sterotypes" in his index.
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surface of the pudding. She is careful in pouring the trickle of milk because bread pudding can be ruined when the ingredients are not accurately measured or properly combined.
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This painting has "perhaps, the most brilliant color scheme of his oeuvre", according to the Essential Vermeer website. Already in the 18th century, English painter and critic
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glaze (a thin, transparent top layer) of the same color. The glazing helps suggest that the blue material is a less coarse fabric than the yellow bodice, according to Cant.
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Rijksmuseum, the painting "is built up along two diagonal lines. They meet by the woman's right wrist." This focuses the attention of the viewer on the pouring of the milk.
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is the painting's most-used name. Although this title is less accurate in modern Dutch, the word "meid" (maid) has gained a negative connotation that is not present in its
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and a man with a pole on either side of it; the clothes basket Vermeer removed from the painting was here. Also shown is a detail from the maid's brilliant blue apron.
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Milkmaid by Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting Masterworks from the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Exhibition, The National Art Center, 26 September-17 December 2007.
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The woman's bulky green oversleeves were painted with the same yellow and blue paint used in the rest of the woman's clothing, worked at the same time in a
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the white walls reflect the daylight with different intensities, displaying the effects of uneven textures on the plastered surfaces. The artist here used
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The exact year of the painting's completion is unknown, with estimates varying by source. The Rijksmuseum estimates it as circa 1658. According to the
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in Washington for its exhibition "Johannes Vermeer: The Art of Painting", and it was part of the "Vermeer and the Delft School" exhibition at the
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in New York City, it was painted in about 1657 or 1658. The "Essential Vermeer" website gives a broader range of 1658–1661.
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The painting has been exhibited in western Europe and in the United States. In 1872 it was part of an Amsterdam exhibition of "
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form ("meisje")—hence the use of the more friendly title for the work, used by the Rijksmuseum and others.
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displayed the painting in an exhibition, and the next year it traveled to Italy for an exhibition at the
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The discrepancy between objects at various distances from the viewer may indicate Vermeer used a
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The photograph-like realism of the painting resembles that of Leiden artists such as Dou,
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as "exceptionally good", and the work brought the second-highest price in the sale (175
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in New York, where it was hanging as late as 1944, according to Leidtke. In 1953, the
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elevates the drudgery of housework and servitude to virtuous, even heroic, levels."
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dots. Soft parts of the bread are rendered with thin swirls of paint, with dabs of
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
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According to art historian Harry Rand, the painting suggests the woman is making
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Vermeer’s Masterpiece The Milkmaid: Discreet Object of Desire: A Curatorial Talk
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praised the work for its striking quality. One of the distinctions of Vermeer's
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Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting: Its Stylistic and Thematic Evolution.
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exhibit (September 10, 2009 – November 29, 2009). Audio. Includes transcript.
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Differencing the Canon Feminist Desire and the Writing of Art's Histories.
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Verwayen, Harry; Arnoldus, Martijn; Kaufman, Peter B. (November 2011).
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Liedtke, Walter A.
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snapped to get perspective lines, Liedtke said in a 2009 interview.
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effect" in modern viewers' reactions to the painting, according to
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The leading artists in this tradition were the Antwerp painters
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The painting returned to New York in 2009, on the occasion of
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Rand, Harry. 1998. "Wat maakte de 'Keukenmeid' van Vermeer?"
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The woman's coarse features are painted with thick dabs of
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The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used as a Table
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Henderson, Jasper, Victor Schiferli, and Lynne Richards.
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Liedtke, Walter; Plomp, Michiel C.; Ruger, Axel (2001).
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painted several comic pictures now given titles such as
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Special Exhibition: Vermeer’s Masterpiece, The Milkmaid
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Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1997.
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in Milan. In 1966, it was part of an exhibition at the
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The woman would have been known as a "kitchen maid" or
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New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
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1006:"Vermeer's 'Milkmaid' cause for celebration at MMA" 805: 745:in Paris. In 1999 and 2000 the painting was at the 1549:The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer / Walter Liedtke. 426: 1290:"Vermeer's 'Milkmaid' to Be Loaned to NYC Museum" 1054: 999: 997: 995: 993: 2442: 1519:- Translated from the Dutch from Lynne Richards. 1551:New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009 1577:Vermeer and the Delft School / Walter Liedtke. 1441:New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 2004. 990: 189: 1879: 1420:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 1102:Cant, Serena; Vermeer van Delft, Jan (2009). 1050: 1048: 1046: 1044: 1042: 697:("Exhibition of Dutch Art", London) in 1929; 252: 89:H 45.5 cm Ă— W 41 cm ( 1789:. September 18, 2009. Audio interview with 1718:Wheelock, Arthur K., and Johannes Vermeer. 1886: 1872: 1530:series. Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1985. 1039: 664:(1785–1845). In 1822 she married into the 525: 351:Other painters in this tradition, such as 1395:Cant, Serena, and Jan Vermeer van Delft. 1004:Boros, Phyllis A.S. (13 September 2009). 963: 460: 1793:, curator of a Vermeer exhibit. (18 min) 1701:New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. 1479:Gowing, Lawrence, and Johannes Vermeer. 959: 957: 614: 388: 256: 1986:Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1502:Vermeer: The Life and Work of a Master. 1378:New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1992. 324:(1596–1660). Closer to Vermeer's day, 279:frequently reflected in Dutch paintings 2443: 1915:Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 1200: 1173:from the original on 15 September 2009 1158: 964:Rosenberg, Karen (11 September 2009). 656:In 1765 the painting was auctioned by 16:1658–1661 painting by Johannes Vermeer 2371:Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft 2194:A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals 1867: 1682:Vermeer, Johannes, and Taco Dibbits. 1201:Lopate, Leonard (19 September 2009). 1142:, 2001, p. 372; citing Samuel Pepys' 1104:Vermeer and His World 1632–1675 1003: 954: 794:List of paintings by Johannes Vermeer 55:–1658 (though estimates differ) 1893: 1845:- detailed, interactive analysis on 1327:"The Problem of the Yellow Milkmaid" 1226:from the original on 30 October 2020 1159:Laneri, Raquel (12 September 2009). 2456:Genre paintings by Johannes Vermeer 2162:Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid 1458:Gaskell, Ivan, and Michiel Jonker. 1418:The Cambridge Companion to Vermeer. 966:"A Humble Domestic Crosses the Sea" 13: 1699:Vermeer & the Art of Painting. 1374:, and Johannes Vermeer van Delft. 1360: 1106:. London: Quercus Publishing Plc. 932:"The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer" 281:of kitchen and market scenes from 14: 2492: 1797: 1397:Vermeer and His World, 1632-1675. 1345:from the original on 2 April 2015 1306:from the original on 2 April 2015 879:(September 10–November 29, 2009)" 699:Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume 2427: 2426: 1563:The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer 1524:The World of Vermeer, 1632-1675. 978:from the original on 9 July 2018 942:from the original on 25 May 2019 891:from the original on 2 July 2019 513:Young Woman with a Water Pitcher 207:on the left side of the canvas. 27: 1271:from the original on 2015-09-25 1257: 1238: 1128: 832:from the original on 3 May 2019 427:Narrative and thematic elements 1829:The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1504:Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2011. 1079: 1030: 680: 550:. Along with the ultramarine, 247:The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1: 1994:Girl Interrupted at Her Music 1919: 1740: 1722:New York: H.N. Abrams, 1997. 1636:Bulletin Van Het Rijksmuseum. 1365: 799: 703:Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 610: 49: 2461:Paintings in the Rijksmuseum 2382:All the Vermeers in New York 2002:The Girl with the Wine Glass 1720:Vermeer: The Complete Works. 1686:Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 2007. 1598:Vermeer and the Delft School 1136:Vermeer and the Delft School 1058:Vermeer and the Delft School 658:Leendert Pieter de Neufville 159:of a "milkmaid", in fact, a 7: 2186:Lady Standing at a Virginal 2066:Woman with a Pearl Necklace 1570:- 2009 exhibition catalogue 775: 760:, the 400th anniversary of 662:Lucretia Johanna van Winter 384:The Archer and the Milkmaid 297:, others more coarsely so. 273:rather than a specialised " 210:The painting is strikingly 190:Descriptions and commentary 10: 2497: 1603:Metropolitan Museum of Art 1568:Metropolitan Museum of Art 884:Metropolitan Museum of Art 766:Dutch Golden Age paintings 723:Metropolitan Museum of Art 691:Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 516:or the ethereal beauty in 320:(1566–1638), and his son, 253:Dutch iconography of maids 184:Metropolitan Museum of Art 2424: 2361:Dutch Golden Age painting 2317: 2307:Girl with a Pearl Earring 2299:Girl with a Pearl Earring 2291:Girl with a Pearl Earring 2272: 2231: 2212: 2178:Lady Seated at a Virginal 2082:Girl with a Pearl Earring 1962:Officer and Laughing Girl 1901: 1831:- 2009 Vermeer exhibition 1752:on Vermeer’s Masterpiece 1694:- 2007 exhibition catalog 1617:London: Routledge, 1999. 1605:- 2001 exhibition catalog 1134:Liedtke, Walter, et al., 782:Dutch Golden Age painting 731:Palazzo delle Esposizioni 715:Detroit Institute of Arts 519:Girl with a Pearl Earring 121: 85: 69: 59: 45: 35: 26: 21: 2471:Food and drink paintings 1938:Diana and Her Companions 1203:"Vermeer's The Milkmaid" 1146:, entry for May 19, 1660 708:It was exhibited at the 227:"It's a little bit of a 2417:(2013 documentary film) 2351:Delft School (painting) 2346:Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2090:A Lady Writing a Letter 2034:Woman Holding a Balance 1822:Vermeer's Masterpiece: 1782:The Leonard Lopate Show 1665:New York: Knopf, 1987. 1575:Plomp, Michiel, et al. 1399:London: Quercus, 2009. 1245:Dissius collection sale 1215:The Leonard Lopate Show 1138:, New Haven and London: 875:"Vermeer's Masterpiece 747:National Gallery of Art 526:Technique and materials 2264:Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. 2239:ThĂ©ophile ThorĂ©-BĂĽrger 2106:Study of a Young Woman 2050:Woman Reading a Letter 2026:Woman with a Water Jug 1638:46, no. 2-3: 275-278. 1254:retrieved June 4, 2010 1206:(Audio interview with 625: 461:Compositional strategy 400: 266: 157:oil-on-canvas painting 2170:The Allegory of Faith 1817:Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1522:Koningsberger, Hans. 1140:Yale University Press 825:Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 741:in the Hague and the 695:Royal Academy of Arts 677:or Dutch parliament. 618: 392: 260: 241:of the department of 161:domestic kitchen maid 2366:Hockney–Falco thesis 2254:John Michael Montias 1697:Wheelock, Arthur K. 1335:Europeana Foundation 743:MusĂ©e de l'Orangerie 398:Girl Chopping Onions 359:(now in the British 357:Girl Chopping Onions 151:), sometimes called 103: in Ă—  2409:(2008 history book) 2213:Formerly attributed 2122:The Art of Painting 2098:Girl with a Red Hat 788:The Basket of Bread 542:(made from crushed 380:Jacques de Gheyn II 304:(c. 1535–1575) and 2481:Paintings of women 2476:Paintings of Cupid 2390:Writing to Vermeer 2335:Pieter van Ruijven 1852:Johannes Vermeer, 1811:2012-07-13 at the 1460:Vermeer Studies: . 1437:Franits, Wayne E. 1416:Franits, Wayne E. 1302:. 14 August 2009. 1250:2020-11-01 at the 1085:Schama, Chapter 6. 1018:on 9 November 2018 971:The New York Times 629:Pieter van Ruijven 626: 401: 302:Joachim Beuckelaer 267: 243:European paintings 221:The New York Times 2438: 2437: 2221:Girl with a Flute 2202:The Guitar Player 2114:Mistress and Maid 2042:Woman with a Lute 1970:The Little Street 1842:Essential Vermeer 1772:Lopate, Leonard. 1759:Liedtke, Walter. 1746:Liedtke, Walter. 1728:978-0-810-92751-3 1707:978-0-300-06239-7 1671:978-0-394-51075-0 1623:978-1-135-08440-0 1611:Pollock, Griselda 1585:978-0-870-99973-4 1536:978-0-900-65858-7 1510:978-9-086-89068-2 1489:978-0-520-21276-3 1468:978-0-300-07521-2 1447:978-0-300-10237-6 1426:978-0-521-65330-5 1405:978-1-849-16005-6 1384:978-1-568-52308-8 1113:978-1-849-16005-6 936:Essential Vermeer 710:1939 World's Fair 671:Rembrandt Society 136: 135: 132:, the Netherlands 2488: 2430: 2429: 2341:Han van Meegeren 2074:The Music Lesson 1924: 1921: 1895:Johannes Vermeer 1888: 1881: 1874: 1865: 1864: 1372:Bonafoux, Pascal 1355: 1354: 1352: 1350: 1344: 1331: 1322: 1316: 1315: 1313: 1311: 1300:Associated Press 1286: 1280: 1279: 1277: 1276: 1261: 1255: 1242: 1236: 1235: 1233: 1231: 1211: 1198: 1183: 1182: 1180: 1178: 1156: 1147: 1132: 1126: 1125: 1099: 1086: 1083: 1077: 1076: 1052: 1037: 1034: 1028: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1014:. 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Johannes Vermeer
Oil on canvas
Movement
Baroque
Dutch Golden Age
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
oil-on-canvas painting
domestic kitchen maid
Dutch
Johannes Vermeer
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Delft wall tiles
Cupid
window
illusionistic
art critic
The New York Times
Mona Lisa
Walter Liedtke
curator
European paintings
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cupid
maid-of-all-work
milkmaid

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