The Girl with the Wine Glass

1659–1660 painting by Johannes Vermeer
The Girl with the Wine Glass
(A Lady and Two Gentlemen)
The Girl with the Wine Glass (Dame en twee heren)
ArtistJohannes Vermeer
Yearc. 1659–1660
Mediumoil on canvas
LocationHerzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig

The Girl with the Wine Glass (Dame en twee heren) is an oil on canvas painting by Johannes Vermeer, created c. 1659–1660, now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, in Braunschweig.

Painting materials

The pigment analysis done by Hermann Kühn[1] shows Vermeer's use of the expensive natural ultramarine in the tablecloth, lead-tin-yellow in the oranges on the table and madder lake and vermilion in the skirt of the woman.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Kühn, Hermann (1968). "A Study of the Pigments and Grounds Used by Jan Vermeer". Reports and Studies in the History of Art. 2. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art: 154–202. JSTOR 42618099.
  2. ^ "Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with a Wineglass". ColourLex.

Further reading

  • Wieseman, Marjorie E.; Franits, Wayne; Chapman, H. Perry (2011). Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence. Yale University Press.

External links

  • "Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with a Wineglass". ColourLex.
  • Janson, Johnathan. "The Girl with a Wineglass". Essential Vermeer.
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