The Girl with the Wine Glass
The Girl with the Wine Glass (A Lady and Two Gentlemen) | |
---|---|
![]() The Girl with the Wine Glass (Dame en twee heren) | |
Artist | Johannes Vermeer |
Year | 1659–1660 |
Location | Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig |
The Girl with the Wine Glass (Dame en twee heren) is a 1659-1660 painting by Johannes Vermeer, now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig.
Painting materials[]
The pigment analysis done by Hermann Kühn[1] shows Vermeer's use of the expensive natural ultramarine in the tablecloth, lead-tin-yellow in the oranges on the table and madder lake and vermilion in the skirt of the woman.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Kühn, Hermann (1968). "A Study of the Pigments and Grounds Used by Jan Vermeer". Reports and Studies in the History of Art. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art. 2: 154–202. JSTOR 42618099.
- ^ "Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with a Wineglass". ColourLex.
Further reading[]
- Wieseman, Marjorie E.; Franits, Wayne; Chapman, H. Perry (2011). Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence. Yale University Press.
External links[]
- "Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with a Wineglass". ColourLex.
- Janson, Johnathan. "The Girl with a Wineglass". Essential Vermeer.
Categories:
- Paintings by Johannes Vermeer
- 1660 paintings
- Food and drink paintings
- Paintings in the collection of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- 17th-century painting stubs