File:Johannes Vermeer - Het melkmeisje - Google Art Project.jpg

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Summary

Johannes Vermeer: The Milkmaid

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

Arabic:

ساقية الحليب

The Milkmaid

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

circa 1660

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 45.5 cm (17.9 in); width: 41 cm (16.1 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF: 159624082 ISNI: 0000000121961335 ULAN: 500246547 LCCN: n79007489 NLA: 36126463 WorldCat

Current location

Gallery of Honour

Accession number

SK-A-2344

Place of creation

Delft

Object history

1660s
date QS:P,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
: in collection of Pieter van Ruijven
1674: in collection of Magdalena van Ruijven
1682: in collection of Pieter van Ruijven
16 May 1696: sale of the collection of
12 April 1719: sale of the collection of
12 April 1813: in collection of Lucretia Johanna van Winter
1845: in collection of Hendrik Six van Hillegom
1847: in collection of Jan Pieter Six VI
1899: in collection of Pieter Hendrik Six van Vromade
1905: in collection of Jan Six van Vromade
1908: in collection of Rijksmuseum

Exhibition history

Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry., Louvre Museum (20 February 2017 - )
Vermeer, Rijksmuseum, 10 February 2023 - 4 June 2023

References

Authority file

Source/Photographer

AHrw. Z3. Av6. Zhjg 9. AHrw. Z3. Av6. Zhjg — Google Arts & Culture

Licensing

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- الفن والتكنولوجيا
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- خادمه الحليب
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- Pintura al oleu
- Pintura del Sieglu d'oru neerlandés
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- Yan Vermeerin rəsmlərinin siyahısı
- Holland rəssamlığının qızıl dövrü
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File:Johannes Vermeer - Het melkmeisje - Google Art Project.jpg

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Captions

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

The Milkmaid

maid

basket

table

tablecloth

pitcher

digital representation of

The Milkmaid

main subject

The Milkmaid

media type

image/jpeg

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