LoginWoman with a Lute
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1662โ1663
Oil on canvas
51.4 cm ร 45.7 cm (20.2 in ร 18.0 in)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Woman with a Lute, also known as Woman with a Lute Near a Window, is a painting created about 1662โ1663 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer
The painting depicts a young woman wearing an ermine-trimmed jacket and enormous pearl earrings as she eagerly looks out a window, presumably expecting a male visitor. "A musical courtship is suggested by the viola da gamba on the floor in the foreground and by the flow of songbooks across the tabletop and onto the floor," according to a web page about the work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art website. The tuning of a lute was recognized by contemporary viewers as a symbol of the virtue of temperance.
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c. 1662โ1663
Oil on canvas
51.4 cm ร 45.7 cm (20.2 in ร 18.0 in)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Woman with a Lute, also known as Woman with a Lute Near a Window, is a painting created about 1662โ1663 by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer
The painting depicts a young woman wearing an ermine-trimmed jacket and enormous pearl earrings as she eagerly looks out a window, presumably expecting a male visitor. "A musical courtship is suggested by the viola da gamba on the floor in the foreground and by the flow of songbooks across the tabletop and onto the floor," according to a web page about the work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art website. The tuning of a lute was recognized by contemporary viewers as a symbol of the virtue of temperance.
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