A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
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A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, also known as Young Woman Seated at the Virginals and A Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer
. It is thought to date from 1670 to 1672 and is now in a private collection
in New York.
The painting's title is close to that of another Vermeer work, sometimes called "Young Woman Seated at a Virginal
" (which itself has an alternate title, "Lady Seated at a Virginal") at the National Gallery, London.
Until recently the work was little known. It was determined to be a Vermeer painting through technical examination and passages of painting very similar to those in Vermeer's "Lady Seated at a Virginal
" in The National Gallery, London
, although the yellow shawl may have been painted by another artist.
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime...
. It is thought to date from 1670 to 1672 and is now in a private collection
Private collection
A private collection is a privately owned collection of works, usually a collection of art. If seen in a museum alongside a work or describing said work, it signifies that piece of art in a museum is not actually owned by that museum, but is on loan from an independent source. This source will...
in New York.
The painting's title is close to that of another Vermeer work, sometimes called "Young Woman Seated at a Virginal
Lady Seated at a Virginal
Lady Seated at a Virginal, also known as Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, is a genre painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and now in the National Gallery, London....
" (which itself has an alternate title, "Lady Seated at a Virginal") at the National Gallery, London.
Until recently the work was little known. It was determined to be a Vermeer painting through technical examination and passages of painting very similar to those in Vermeer's "Lady Seated at a Virginal
Lady Seated at a Virginal
Lady Seated at a Virginal, also known as Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, is a genre painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in about 1670-1672 and now in the National Gallery, London....
" in The National Gallery, London
National Gallery, London
The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media...
, although the yellow shawl may have been painted by another artist.
External links
- Web page on the painting at the Essential Vermeer website
- Culture Grrl blog post on the painting's recent history by Lee Rosenbaum at the ArtsJournal website
- Sotheby's catalogue entry