DIANA AND HER COMPANIONS
(Diana en haar Nimfen)
c. 1653-1656
oil on canvas
38 3/4 x 41 3/8 in. (98.5 x 105 cm.)
Mauritshuis, The Hague
"The Italianate subject and style of 'Diana,' with its size and comparatively conventional facture, have inspired general agreement that this is a very early picture, perhaps the first by the painter that we have. In the case of Vermeer such indications are not always reliable."
Lawrence Gowing, Vermeer, 1952
