THE GLASS OF WINE
(Het glas wijn)
c. 1658-1661
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 30 1/4 in. (65 x 77 cm.)
Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
"The Berlin picture lacks the sociable fluency, the ingratiating inventiveness of the Metsu (The Duet). Vermeer's understanding, although of a finer kind, is also narrower."
Lawrence Gowing, Vermeer, 1952
