File:Vermeer - Woman with a Lute near a window.jpg

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Summary

Johannes Vermeer: Woman with a Lute

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 WorldCat

Title

Woman with a lute

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

circa 1662-1663

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 51.4 cm (20.2 in); width: 45.7 cm (17.9 in)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Gallery 616

Accession number

25.110.24

Object history

22 December 1817: purchased by Coclers at the sale of the collection of Philippus van der Schley and Daniël du Pré at Roos, De Vries & Brondgeest, Amsterdam

Private collection, England
Unknown date: purchased by Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900), New York City

1900: bequeathed to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, by Collis Potter Huntington, New York City

from 1900 until 1924: Arabella Huntington (†1924)
from 1924 until 1925: Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955)
1925: transferred to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
(?)

Exhibition history

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry., Hall Napoléon, 22 February 2017 - 22 May 2017
Vermeer, Rijksmuseum, 10 February 2023 - 4 June 2023

References

Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110002333

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:36, 11 April 2022	5,934 × 6,723 (5.43 MB)	The Most Comfortable Chair	Higher resolution of the same file from the same source.
	10:06, 28 March 2018	3,275 × 3,744 (4.19 MB)	Alonso de Mendoza	better, museum version
	09:12, 8 April 2012	3,127 × 3,584 (4.04 MB)	Aavindraa	bigger
	14:00, 28 May 2010	1,533 × 1,748 (3.16 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	higher resolution
	18:36, 4 March 2007	934 × 1,000 (211 KB)	Rlbberlin	Title: ''Woman with a Lute near a Window'' Year: early 1660s 51.4 x 45.7 cm Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art *New York {{Creator:Jan Vermeer van Delft}} {{PD-Art}} Category:Jan Vermeer van Delft [[Category:Paintings in the Metropolitan Mus