Johannes Vermeer

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1669-1671 (1669 - 1671)

c. 1669-1670 (Wheelock 1997; Liedtke 2008); c. 1670-1671 (Franits 2015)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: De kantwerkster
English title: The Lacemaker
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: genre, interior view, one human figure, young woman, bust-length portrait, sitting, head tilted, body facing right, head to the right, looking down, sewing equipment, making bobbin lace, yarn, table, table carpet, book

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

inspired by
Nicolaes Maes, Naaiende jonge vrouw
Vermeer adopted the subject of a young woman preoccupied with needlework. (Waiboer et al. 2017, p. 193, 198)
inspired by
Caspar Netscher, Kantklossende vrouw in een interieur
Vermeer adopted the subject of a young woman preoccupied with making lace, and the tactile sense of Netscher's painting, especially the structure of the white-plastered back wall. (Waiboer et al. 2017, p. 197)
inspired by
Gerard Dou, Jonge vrouw die kant maakt
Vermeer adopted the subject of a young woman making lace. (Waiboer et al. 2017, p. 197)
inspired by
Nicolaes Maes, Interieur met kantklossende vrouw
Vermeer adopted the subject of a girl concentrated on her lacemaking, the serenity and calm, and the depiction of the figure in such a manner that she stands out sharply from the light wall in the background. (as observed by A. Waiboer)
(almost) identical with
Anoniem
oil on panel 24,7 x 20,8 cm

Blankert 1987, p. 198
used as model for
Jan Stolker
Jan Stolker made at least two copies (Blankert 1987, p. 198) and A. Elen 'Onverbloemde kopiist Jan Stolker en zijn kunsthistorische documentatie', Delineavit & Sculpsit 41 (mei 2017), p. 123-134, ill. 1 and 2
used as model for
Anoniem
two copies in collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Blankert 1987, p. 198; Van Gelder 1972, p. 111)
used as model for
Salvador Dalí, De kantwerkster

Collection(s)

private collection Pieter Claesz van Ruijven, Delft
- 1674 before 1674 (Wright 2005)
private collection Maria de Knuijt, Delft
1674 - 1681
private collection Magdalena van Ruijven, Delft
Magdalena van Ruiven en Jacob Dissius, Delft
1681 - 1682 Broos e.a. 1995
private collection Jacob Dissius, Delft
1682 - 1696
private collection baron van Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague
1819 - 1823 reported there by John Murray (Blankert 1987)
private collection Dirk Vis Blokhuyzen, Rotterdam
1860 - Bürger 1859-1860
Musée du Louvre, Paris , inv./cat.nr M.I.1448

Auction(s)

, Amsterdam (stad), 1696-05-16, lotnr. 12
28

Blankert 1987
Jeronimo de Vries, Den Haag (stad), 1851-09-05, lotnr. 40
Contributor: A.W.C. Baron van Nagell van Ampsen
Name buyer : Lamme, 260

Blankert 1987
Pillet, Parijs, 1870-04-01, lotnr. 40
Contributor: D. Vis Blokhuyzen
Name buyer : Gauchey, 6000

Blankert 1987
Féral, Parijs, 1870
Contributor: Gauchey
Name buyer : Musée du Louvre, 7500

Blankert 1987
Schelte, Jacob (Amsterdam (city)) 1778-11-25 - 1778-12, lotnr. 17
Contributor Jacob Crammer Simonsz
Name buyer : Nyman , 150 gulden

Blankert 1987
Kate, Herman ten (Amsterdam (city)) 1792-07-16 - 1792-08, lotnr. 213
Contributor Jan Wubbels
Name buyer : J. Spaan , 210 gulden

Blankert 1987
Schley, Philippus van der (Amsterdam (city)) 1813-04-12 - 1813-04-13, lotnr. 97
Contributor Hendrik Muilman
Name buyer : Coclers , 84 gulden

Blankert 1987
Pérignon, A. (Paris) 1817-04-14 - 1817-05, lotnr. 30
Contributor Lapeyrière
Name buyer : Coclers , 501 FRF

Blankert 1987

Exhibitions

Vermeer : oorsprong en invloed Fabritius, De Hooch, De Witte Museum Boymans , Rotterdam (city) , 1935-07-09 - 1935-10-09 , no. 84
Vermeer tentoonstelling [Amsterdam, 1935] Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1935-10-21 - 1935-11-03 , no. 166
Le siècle de Rembrandt : tableaux hollandais des collections publiques françaises Petit-Palais/Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris , Paris , 1970-11-17 - 1971-02-15 , no. 222
Vermeer's women " secrets and silence Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge (England) , 2011-10-05 - 2012-01-15 , no. 210

Literature

W. Bürger, 'Van der Meer de Delft', Gazette des Beaux Arts 21 (1866), nr. 37
H. Gerson, 'Johannes Vermeer', Encyclopedia of World Art 14 (1967), p. 739-745
J.G. van Gelder, 'Expositions', Revue de l'art 15 (1972), p. 111-112
A.K. Wheelock, Perspective, optics, and Delft artists around 1650, New York 1977, p. 298-299, afb. 97
A.K. Wheelock, Jan Vermeer, Londen 1988, p. 114-115, afb. 34
J. Nash, Vermeer, Amsterdam 1991, p. 110-112, met afb.
A. Blankert, cat.tent. Nieuw licht op de Gouden Eeuw. Hendrick ter Brugghen en tijdgenoten, Utrecht (Centraal Museum) 1986-1987, Braunschweig (Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum) 1987, bij nr. 26

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Creation date: 2014-01-23; Last modified date: 2022-09-14

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