THE LACEMAKER

(De kantwerkster)

c.1669-1671
oil on canvas
9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.  (24.5 x 21 cm.)
The Louvre, Paris

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The Love of Lace lace

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"The achievement of Vermeer's maturity is complete. It is not open to extension: no universal style is discovered. We have never the sense of abundance that the characteristic jewels of his century gives us, the sense that the precious vein lies open, ready to be worked. There is only one 'Lacemaker': we cannot imagine another. It is a complete and single definition."

Lawrence Gowing, Vermeer, 1952