File:Jan Vermeer van Delft - Lady Standing at a Virginal - National Gallery, London.jpg

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Summary

Johannes Vermeer: A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description	Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death	October 1632	15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death	Delft	Delft
Work period	1653–1675
Work location	Delft (1653–1675)
Authority file	: Q41264 VIAF: 51961439 ISNI: 000000010901268X ULAN: 500032927 LCCN: n79006488 NLA: 35580238 WorldCat

Title

A Young Woman standing at a Virginal

Object type

painting

Genre

genre art

Date

circa 1670-1672

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 51.7 cm (20.3 in); width: 45.2 cm (17.7 in)

Collection

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000406058908 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

NG1383

Object history

1714: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
(?) 16 August 1797: purchased by Bergh at the sale of the collection of Jan Danser Nijman at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

before 1844: Edward Solly, Berlin/London

11 July 1845: purchased by Farrer at the sale of the collection of Edward William Lake at an unknown auction house, London
2 May 1855: purchased by Grey at the sale of the collection of J.T. Thom at an unknown auction house, London

before 1866: acquired by Théophile Thoré-Bürger (1807-1869), Paris

1869: inherited by Paul Lacroix, Paris, from Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Paris
1884: inherited by Apolline Lacroix, the widow of Paul Lacroix
5 December 1892: purchased by Bourgeois Frères, Paris, and/or Lawrie & Co., London, at the sale of the collection of Théophile Thoré-Bürger at an unknown auction house, Paris

1892: purchased by National Gallery, London

Exhibition history

Vermeer, Rijksmuseum, 10 February 2023 - 4 June 2023

References

Source/Photographer

www.nationalgallery.org.uk : Home : Info

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current	13:03, 26 January 2013	3,713 × 4,226 (7.04 MB)	Slick-o-bot	Bot: convert to a non-interlaced jpeg (see bug #17645)
	00:49, 29 May 2010	3,713 × 4,226 (5.2 MB)	Olpl	Reverted to version from offical source with EXACT CALIBRATED colors. Read this: http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/upload/documents/TB%20Marc%20article.pdf
	10:04, 28 May 2010	3,660 × 4,189 (15.73 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	adjusted version 2010-05-28T03:39:45
	08:39, 28 May 2010	2,476 × 2,817 (3.48 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	Reverted to version as of 23:42, 17 December 2009
	01:39, 28 May 2010	3,713 × 4,226 (5.2 MB)	Olpl	Help:Zoomable_images#National_Gallery_collection
	23:42, 17 December 2009	2,476 × 2,817 (3.48 MB)	Jan Arkesteijn	new version
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