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| Study of a Young Woman |
Artist:Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632–1675 Delft)
Date:ca. 1665–67
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (44.5 x 40 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in memory of Theodore Rousseau Jr., 1979
Soft light illuminates the face of a young woman dressed in exotic clothing and costume jewelry. Like Vermeer’s famous Girl with a Pearl Earring (Mauritshuis, The Hague), this painting was most likely not a commissioned portrait, but rather a so-called tronie—a painting of an intriguing but nameless individual, often in fanciful costume.
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