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Johannes Vermeer: A Young Woman seated at a Virginal

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Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 WorldCat

Title

A Lady Seated at a Virginal

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

circa 1672

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

51.5 × 45.5 cm (20.2 × 17.9 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000123422001 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

NG2568 (National Gallery)

Object history

1840: in collection of Erwin von Schönborn-Wiesentheid
1717: in collection of Lothair Francis of Schönborn
1867: in collection of Théophile Thoré-Bürger
1817: in collection of Franz Erwein von Schonborn-Wiesentheid
1729: in collection of Frederick Charles of Schönborn
1865: in collection of Erwein Damian Hugo Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid

Exhibition history

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry., Hall Napoléon, 22 February 2017 - 22 May 2017
Vermeer, Rijksmuseum, 10 February 2023 - 4 June 2023

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current	12:13, 4 March 2007	829 × 924 (123 KB)	Rlbberlin	Title: ''Lady Seated at a Virginal'' Year: c. 1675 51.5 x 45.6 cm Location: National Gallery *London {{Creator:Jan Vermeer van Delft}} {{PD-Art}} Category:Jan Vermeer van Delft Category:National Gallery, London

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VERMEER VAN DELFT, Jan

(b. 1632, Delft, d. 1675, Delft)

Lady Seated at a Virginal c. 1673 Oil on canvas, 51,5 x 45,5 cm National Gallery, London

<I>Signature:</I> Signed on the wall to the right of the head.

<I>Provenance:</I> Like the Lady Standing at a Virginal, this painting may or may not have been part of the Duarte collection in Antwerp in 1682; the Amsterdam sale of 1696, no. 37; and the Amsterdam sale of 1714. It was part of the collection of Count Schönborn, Pommersfelden, and sold in Paris in 1867. Acquired for Fr 2,000 by W. Bürger, and sold in the sale of his collection in Paris in 1892. Art Gallery Sedelmeyer, 1898. Art gallery T. Humphry Ward, London, 1894 (?). Collection George Salting, 1900. Bequeathed by him to the museum in 1910.

Whereas the Lady Standing at the Virginal (National Gallery, London) is bathed in light, this putative companion piece features a subdued atmosphere. The shade is drawn here, and though we can make out every detail in the limpid light, Baburen's Procuress hanging on the back wall furnishes the main contrast. It is curious to observe that while inanimate objects - the clavecin, the bass viol in the foreground to the left, and the decorations of the musical instrument - are extremely detailed, the curtain to the left is stiff, and the lady making music is devoid of expression, depersonalized, and faultily drawn (see, e.g., her arms).

There can be no question that the paintings from these last years are vastly inferior to what we have been accustomed to by Vermeer.

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Author: VERMEER VAN DELFT, Jan Title: Lady Seated at a Virginal Time-line: 1651-1700 School: Dutch Form: painting

Type: genre

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