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39.4 cm × 44.5 cm (15.5 in × 17.5 in) Location. Frick Collection, New York. Girl Interrupted at Her Music (Dutch: Onderbreking van de muziek) is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It was painted in the baroque style, probably between the years 1658 and 1659, using oil on canvas. Since 1901 it has been in the Frick Collection in ...
A painting by Vermeer from 1658 that depicts a young woman playing the lute and a gentleman entering the room. The woman looks out at the viewer, while the man and the instrument are in shadow.
May 14, 2024 · What story is Vermeer telling in "Girl Interrupted at Her Music"? Executive Director Elizabeth Barker examines the details of the remarkable painting.Dive de...
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The Frick Collection. Girl Interrupted at Her Music (ca. 1658-59) by Johannes Vermeer The Frick Collection. Music-making, a recurring subject in Vermeer’s interior scenes and was associated in the seventeenth century with courtship. Members in the upper class were trained in playing music, thus indicating the status of the young woman.
Girl Interrupted at Her Music. Music-making, a recurring subject in Vermeer’s interior scenes, was associated in the seventeenth century with courtship. In this painting of a duet or music lesson momentarily interrupted, the amorous theme is reinforced by the picture of Cupid with raised left arm dimly visible in the background; the motif is ...
Feb 18, 2022 · A 17th-century Dutch painting by Vermeer depicting a young woman playing music with an older gentleman. The painting shows the courtship, the wine, the window, the chairs, and the Cupid painting within a painting.
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All Vermeer paintings: Girl Interrupted in Her Music. From the series Vermeer. Girl Interrupted in Her Music, Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1658-1661. Frick Collection, New York. A Lady Writing. Young Woman Seated at a Virginal. A Lady Standing at a Virginal. Allegory of Faith. Christ in the House of Mary and Martha.
