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The Milkmaid
A maidservant pours milk, entirely absorbed in her work. Except for the stream of milk, everything else is still. Vermeer took this simple everyday activity and made it the subject of an impressive painting – the woman stands like a statue in the brightly lit room. Vermeer also had an eye for how light by means of hundreds of colourful dots plays over the surface of objects.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41C222
- http://iconclass.org/47I22311
- http://iconclass.org/41C6413
- http://iconclass.org/41C621
- http://iconclass.org/41B23
- http://iconclass.org/41A773
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41C222
- http://iconclass.org/47I22311
- http://iconclass.org/41C6413
- http://iconclass.org/41C621
- http://iconclass.org/41B23
- http://iconclass.org/41A773
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1660
- 1660
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6417
- SK-A-2344
Extent
- height 45.5 cm
- width 41 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1660
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:08.870Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:35.210Z