OFFICER AND LAUGHING GIRL

(De Soldaat en het Lachende Meisje)

c. 1655-1660.
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (50.5 x 46 cm.)
The Frick Collection, New York

an interactive analysis *
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  •   the following resources were used for this interactive study:
  • Lawrence Gowing,  Vermeer, London, 1952 and 1970
  • Edward A. Snow, A Study of Vermeer, 2nd. rev. ed.Berkley / London, 1979
  • A. Welu, "Vermeer: His Cartographic Sources." Art Bulletin 57, 1975, pp.529-547
  • Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. , Vermeer and the Art of Painting, New Haven and London, 1995
  • Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. , Author/Editor with contrib. by Michiel C. Plomp, Daniëlle H.A.C. Lokin, Quint Gregory , The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer, London, 2000