Johannes Vermeer

Illustration number 1000276118
Dimensions: 2514x2817 pixels
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Object information

Object category: painting
Support/medium: canvas, oil paint
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 51.5 x 45.5 cm

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

signed center right: IVMeer
IVM in ligature

Current attribution: Johannes Vermeer

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. 1670-1675 (1670 - 1675)

c. 1675 (Wheelock 1997); c. 1670-1672 (Liedtke 2008); c. 1672-1674 (Franits 2015)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Jonge vrouw aan een virginaal
English title: Young Woman Seated at a Virginal
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: genre, interior view, one human figure, young woman, making music, sitting, spinet, viola da gamba, bow (music), sheet music, dress, pearl necklace, chair, window, curtain, checkered stone floor, painting (depicted)
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 48C752
one person playing an instrument
48C7332
clavichord, harpsichord
48C7315(VIOLA DA GAMBA)
viola da gamba (sizes: pardessus de viole, treble, alto, tenor, bass, and contrabass (violone))

Artistically related

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

inspired by
Gerard Dou, Jonge vrouw aan een klavichord
Vermeer repeated the key elements from Dou's composition: the woman seated at a keyboard, glancing coyly outward. He also adopted the viola da gamba, the blue dress, the window on the left and the draped curtain which frames the scene and functions as a bridge between the pictorial space and that of the beholder. (Waiboer et al. 2017, p. 139)
used as model for
Cornelis de Man, Musicerend paar
De Man adopted the main motif of a woman seated at a keyboard instrument and looking up to the beholder, the use of full-length figures and the tiled floor. (as observed by A. Waiboer)
contains artwork by
Dirck van Baburen, De koppelaarster
The painting by Dirck van Baburen was owned by Vermeer's mother-in-law Maria Thins (Wheelock 1997)

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection Lothar Franz Graf von Schönborn, Pommersfelden
1655 - 1867-05-17 by descent in the family until the 1867 sale
private collection Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Paris
1867 - 1869
private collection Paul Lacroix, Paris
1869 - 1892-12-05 by inheritance from Thoré-Bürger; sold 1892
art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris (France)
1892 - 1893
art dealer Lawrie & Co., London
1893 - reported
T. Humphrey Ward & Son, London
1894 - reported
private collection George Salting, London
1898 - 1910 acquired before 1898 (Liedtke 2008)
National Gallery (London), London (England) , inv./cat.nr 2568
bequest George Salting
1910 -

Auction(s)

Exp.: Haro, C. P.: Pillet (Paris) 1867-05-17 - 1867-05-24, lotnr. 78
Contributor Lothar Franz graaf von Schönborn
Name buyer : Théophile Thoré-Bürger , 2000 FRF

Liedtke 2008
Chevallier, Paul (Paris) 1892-12-05, lotnr. ?
Contributor Paul Lacroix

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Art in seventeenth century Holland [Londen, 1976] National Gallery [London] , London (England) , 1976-09-30 - 1976-12-12 , no. 117
Vermeer's women " secrets and silence Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge (England) , 2011-10-05 - 2012-01-15 , p. 206-207, no. 27
Vermeer and music : the art of love and leisure National Gallery [London] , London (England) , 2013-06-26 - 2013-09-08 , no. 25, Wieseman 2013, pp. 66-7, no. 23

Literature

Hofstede de Groot 1907-1927 (English edition) , vol. 1 (1907), p. 597, no. 25
Blankert/Ruurs/van de Watering 1977 , p. 87-89, 164-165, no. 31
Slatkes 1981 , p. 91-92
Wheelock 1981 (Vermeer) , p. 154
Blankert 1987 , p. 146-148, 202, no. 31, ill. 30
MacLaren/Brown 1991 , p. 468-469
Broos et al. 1995 , p. 200-203, no. 22
Wheelock 1997 , p. 70, ill. 35
Gowing 1997 , p. 155-157, ills. 75, 77, 79
Liedtke 2000 , p. 257-260, 294, no. 252
Liedtke et al. 2001 , no. 79
Rüger 2001 , p. 64-68, ill. 55
Wright 2005 , p. 96, ill.
Wieseman 2007 , p. 206, no. 27
Liedtke 2008 , p. 167, 169-171, 198, no. 34, color ill. , with provenance
Wieseman/Franits/Chapman 2011 , p. 206, no. 27
Villa 2012 , p. 152 , color ill.
Luckhardt et al. 2014 , p. 164, color ill.
Bergvelt/Jonker 2016 , p. 72, under DPG56 (Gerard Dou; RKD, no. 250405) , as inspiration for Vermeer's picture
Waiboer et al. 2017 , p. 14, 44, 47, 59, 135-139, no. 4.2, color ill.
Chambaz 2018 , p. 70-71, ill. (color)
Bergvelt/Jonker 2021 , in entry Gerard Dou, Related works, no. 13, note 41

A. Blankert, Vermeer of Delft, Oxford 1978, p. 59, no. 31
J.M. Nash, Vermeer, Londen 1991, p. 114-116
M. Jonker and E. Bergvelt, Catalogue of Dulwich Picture Gallery. Dutch, Flemish and German Schools, with addenda to the British School, published online as a RKD Study on 18 March 2021 [an enlarged version of Jonker & Bergvelt 2016], under DPG56 (Gerard Dou; RKD, no. 250405), Related works, no. 13, note 41

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

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BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1000276118)

Project: Connect Vermeer

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