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Posted: 28 Jul 2023

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Young Woman seated at a Virginal

Young Woman seated at a Virginal
Johannes Vermeer, ‘Young Woman Seated at a Virginal’ ca 1670-75

National Gallery, London / Art Resource, NY
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 Dinesh
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Vermeer painted two works with a similar subject that may have been intended as pendants: ‘Young Woman Standing at a Virginal’ and ‘Young woman Seated at a Virginal’. Each depicts a woman near a virginal, a type of harpsichord. They are not the same women, though they are dressed similarly in a yellow squirt, while puffed-sleeved blouse, and blue jacket, which is short in the first picture but long in the second. In both paintings the women looks at the viewer frankly, making a direct eye contact – they are quite unlike women in his earlier pictures, preoccupied with their tasks and unaware of the viewer’s approach. Gazing at these pictures we do not feel that we are eavesdropping or spying on the women; rather, we sense that we are being invited to join them. Indeed, the way the space opens up in front of the chair near the standing lady beckons the viewer to come around it and sit down, and the boudoir lighting surrounding the sitting women beckons the viewer to come in and engage in another activity altogether. ~ Page 283

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10 months ago. Edited 10 months ago.
 William Sutherland
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Awesome painting capture!

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