Johannes Vermeer

Illustration number 1001089215
Dimensions: 7201x8143 pixels
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Illustration number 0000352242
Dimensions: 768x868 pixels
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Illustration number 0000210775
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Object information

Object category: painting
Support/medium: canvas, oil paint
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (portrait format) 40.3 x 35.6 cm

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.: ca. 1663-1664 (1663 - 1664)

In the art historical literature this painting is dated variously to c. 1664 (Wheelock 1997; Franits 2015); c. 1663-1664 (Liedtke 2008); c. 1664 (Wheelock, NGA online editions, accessed 2022-10-10)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Vrouw met een weegschaal
English title: Woman Holding a Balance
Genre: genre
Keywords: genre, interior view, one human figure, woman, standing (position), table, box (container), pearl necklace, necklace, casket, coin, scale (weighing device), sheet, window, drapery (representation), sunlight, mirror, lappet cap, fur, checkered stone floor, painting (depicted), goldwork (visual work)
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.: 54A43
Temperance, Moderation; 'Misura' (Ripa)

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
Gabriel Metsu, Jonge vrouw die munten weegt
Vermeer adopted the use of a single knee-length figure as well as the subject (Waiboer 2012, p. 47).
used as model for
Pieter de Hooch, Vrouw met een weegschaal
The subject corresponds, as well as the use of a single half-length figure, the figure type and the composition (Liedtke 2008, p. 118).
used as model for
Cornelis de Man, Goudweger met een vrouw en een jongen in een interieur bij de haard
De Man adopted the subject of weighing in a domestic interior and he also repeated the costume of the woman with a blue velvet jacket lined with white fur and a white head scarf (Sutton 1984, p. 246).

Provenance

Collection(s)

private collection Pieter Claesz van Ruijven, Delft
waarschijnlijk in de collectie van Pieter Claesz van Ruijven, Delft
- 1674 zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Maria de Knuijt, Delft
erfenis
waarschijnlijk in collectie van Maria de Knuijt, vrouw van Pieter Claesz van Ruijven
1674 - 1681 zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Magdalena van Ruijven, Delft
erfenis
waarschijnlijk in de collectie van Magdalena van Ruijven, dochter van Pieter Claesz van Ruijven
1681 - 1682 zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Jacob Dissius, Delft
erfenis
waarschijnlijk in de collectie van Jacobus Abrahams. Dissius, echtgenoot van Magdalena van Ruijven
1682 - 1696-05-16 geveild op die datum; zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Isaac Rooleeuw, Amsterdam
Isaac van Rooleeuw, Amsterdam
- 1701-04-20 geveild op die datum; zie Liedtke 2008
Private collection
Paolo van Uchelen, Amsterdam
1701 - 1702 zie Liedtke 2008
Private collection
Paulo van Uchelen de Jonge, Amsterdam
1703 - 1754 Zie Liedtke 2008
Private collection
Anna Gertruijda van Uchelen
1754 - 1767-03-18 op die datum geveild; zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Nicolaas Nieuhoff, Amsterdam
- 1776
private collection Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Zweibrücken/Munich/Neuburg an der Donau
- 1826-12-05 geveild op die datum
private collection Victor L. Ch. de Riquet (Duke of Caraman), Paris
- 1830-05-10 geveild op die datum
private collection Casimir Pierre Périer, Paris
- 1848-05-05 het werk bleef na zijn dood in de familie
Private collection
Auguste Casimir Victor Laurent Périer, Parijs
1848 - 1876 zie Liedtke 2008
Private collection
Jean Paul Pierre Casimir Périer, Parijs
1876 - 1907 zie Liedtke 2008
Private collection
gravin de Ségur-Périer Parijs
1907 - 1911 zie Liedtke 2008
art dealer P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London
bezat het werk, samen met M. Knoedler & Co., New York
1911 - zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Peter Arrell Brown Widener, Lynnewood Hall (Elkins Park, Philadelphia)
1911 - 1915 zie Liedtke 2008
private collection J.E. Widener, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
1915 - 1942 zie Liedtke 2008
National Gallery of Art (Washington), Washington (D.C.) , inv./cat.nr 1942.9.97
schenking Widener Collection

Auction(s)

, Amsterdam (stad), 1701-04-20, lotnr. 6
Contributor: Isaac Rooleeuw
113

zie Liedtke 2008
Tideman, Bruno (Amsterdam (city)) 1767-03-18, lotnr. 6
Contributor Anna Gertruijda van Uchelen
Name buyer : Kok , 170 gulden

Liedtke 2008
Schley, Philippus van der (Amsterdam (city)) 1777-04-14 - 1777-04-17, afb. zonder afbeelding, lotnr. 116
Contributor heirs Nicolaas Nieuhoff
Name buyer : van den Boogaerd , 235 gulden

Liedtke 2008
Schley, Philippus van der (Amsterdam (city)) 1801-05-11 - 1801-06, lotnr. 48
Contributor Trochel
Name buyer : van der Schley , 60 gulden

Liedtke 2008
Fleischmann (Munich) 1826-12-05 - 1827-01, lotnr. 101
Contributor koning Maximilian I. Joseph von Bayern
Name buyer : Caraman , 800 DEM

Liedtke 2008 , as Gabriel Metsu
Henry, Thomas (Paris) 1830-05-10 - 1830-05-12, lotnr. 68
Contributor Victor L. Ch. de Riquet (Duke of Caraman)
2410 FRF

Liedtke 2008
Christie (London (England)) 1848-05-05, lotnr. 7
Contributor Casimir Pierre heirs Périer

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Johannes Vermeer [Washington, 1995] National Gallery of Art [Washington] , Washington (D.C.) , 1995-11-12 - 1996-02-11 , 10
Johannes Vermeer [Washington, 1995] Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 1996-03-01 - 1996-06-02 , 10
Johannes Vermeer : the art of painting National Gallery of Art [Washington] , Washington (D.C.) , 1999-11-24 - 2000-02-06
The public and private in the age of Vermeer Osaka Municipal Museum of Art , Osaka , 2000-04-04 - 2000-07-02 , 33
Vermeer and the Delft School Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City , 2001-03-08 - 2001-05-27 , 73
Vermeer y el interior holandés = Vermeer and the Dutch interior Museo del Prado , Madrid (city, Spain) , 2003-02-19 - 2003-05-18 , 35
Vermeer in München : König Max. I. Joseph von Bayern als Sammler alter Meister Alte Pinakothek [München] , Munich , 2011-03-17 - 2011-06-19

Literature

Hofstede de Groot 1907-1925 , dl. 1, p. 592, nr. 10
Blankert/Ruurs/van de Watering 1977 , p. 62-64, 148-150, nr. 15, met afb. in kleur
Slatkes 1981 , p. 55-56
Wheelock 1981 (Vermeer) , p. 106-108
Sutton 1984 , nr. 118, afb. 108
Blankert 1987 , p. 114-118, 184-186, nr. 15, afb. 15
Wheelock 1995A , p. 97-103, met afb. in kleur op p. 96
Broos et al. 1995 , nr. 10
Wheelock 1995 , p. 371-377, inv.nr. 1942.9.97, afb. in kleur
Gowing 1997 , p. 135-136, afb. 44-46
Wheelock 1997 , p. 36, afb. 16
Liedtke 2000 , p. 233-237
Liedtke et al. 2001 , nr. 73
Rüger 2001 , p. 60-62, afb. 52
Vergara/Westermann 2003 , p. 172, nr. 35, met afb. in kleur op p. 173
Wright 2005 , p. 64-67, nr. 28, met afb. in kleur
Liedtke 2008 , p. 118-121, 196, nr. 19, met afb. in kleur op p. 119

A. Blankert, Vermeer of Delft, Oxford 1978, nr. 15
I. Gaskell in Burlington Magazine, Sept. 1983, p. 557-561, fig. 22
J. Bialostocki in Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 47 (1984), p. 421-438, fig. 3
J.M. Nash, Vermeer, London 1991, p. 98-101
E. de Jongh, 'On balance', in: I. Gaskell (e.a.), Vermeer Studies, Washington 1998, p. 360-362

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001089215)
BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 0000352242)
, Original location BD/RKD/0558 - ONS/Genre 2: General (img.nr. 0000210775)

Project: Connect Vermeer

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