Vermeer's "A Lady Standing at a Virginal," Reproduced to Full Size
Released on Saturday, April 20, 2019
Vermeer"A Lady Standing at a Virginal"
1670-72 51.7 x 45.2cm
The National Gallery, the U.K.
"The A Young Woman standing at a Virginal" is the work that the simplification of later years is mixed with delicacy of the golden age with a masterpiece of the last part of Vermeer moderately. Because the image out of two pieces of images is drawn on camera back and the wall of the virginal (small keyboard instrument similar to the harpsichord), and the picture of Cupid raising central cards suggests "faithful love", and there is a bow on her head, it is understood even if I show that a woman is loving it. A Japanese unscreened work, please see it in Otsuka Museum of Art by all means.
▲Vermeer gallery - You can see 8 works in this museum
Jan Vermeer
Born in Delft, Netherlands in 1632. He began his career as a painter at the age of 21, and served as a director of the Delft Painters' Guild. He painted indoor scenes from everyday life, with themes such as letters, music, and love, and left behind beautiful and delicate works that captivate viewers with their precise brushwork, calculated expression of light, and paintings within paintings that can be interpreted in multiple ways. After his death in 1675 at the age of 43, his works were gradually forgotten, but they began to be appreciated again in the 19th century. It is said that he left behind 35 works.
