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Study of a Young Woman

ca. 1665–67
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 614
Soft light illuminates the face of a young woman dressed in clothing and costume jewelry that would have struck seventeenth-century Dutch viewers as exotic. Like Vermeer’s famous Girl with a Pearl Earring (ca. 1665; Mauritshuis, The Hague), this painting was most likely not a commissioned portrait, but rather a so-called tronie, a portrayal of an intriguing individual, often in fanciful costume.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: 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
  • Object Number: 1979.396.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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