The Procuress

Johannes Vermeer
1656
Oil on canvas
143 cm × 130 cm (56 in × 51 in)
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

The Procuress is a 1656 oil-on-canvas painting by the 24-years-old Jan Vermeer. It is his first genre painting and shows a scene of contemporary life, an image of mercenary love perhaps in a brothel. It differs from his earlier biblical and mythological scenes.

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