YOUNG WOMAN WITH A WATER PITCHER

(Vrouw met waterkan)

c. 1664-1665
oil on canvas
18 x 16 in.  (45.7 x 40.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,  New York
Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand

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Woman Holding a Water Pitcher, Johannes Vermeer



  • the following resources were used  for this interactive study:
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