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Johannes Vermeer: A Young Woman seated at a Virginal  wikidata:Q2267440 reasonator:Q2267440
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Edit this at Wikidata Delft Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41264
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title

A young woman seated at a virginal.[1]

Alternative title(s):

A Lady Seated at a Virginal.[2]
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1670-1672
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 51.5 × 45.5 cm (20.2 × 17.9 in)
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG2568
Object history

Provenance: 1714: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam
(?)

by 1729
date QS:P,+1729-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1729-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Lothar Franz von Schönborn (1655-1729), Schloss Weissenstein, Pommersfelden

1867: purchased by Héophile Thoré-Bürger (1807-1869), Paris, at the sale of the collection of the count of Schönborn at an unknown auction house, Paris
1869: inherited by Paul Lacroix, Paris, from Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Paris
1884: inherited by the widow of Paul Lacroix
5 December 1892: purchased by Sedelmeyer, Paris, at the sale of the collection of Théophile Thoré-Bürger at an unknown auction house, Paris
1893: acquired by Lawrie & Co., London, from Sedelmeyer, Paris

by 1894
date QS:P,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: T. Humphrey Ward, London
by 1898
date QS:P,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: George Salting (1835-1909), London
1910: bequeathed to National Gallery, London, by George Salting, London
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Source/Photographer National Gallery
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  1. ↑ Key facts | Johannes Vermeer | A Young Woman seated at a Virginal | NG2568 | The National Gallery, London.
  2. ↑ Essential Vermeer.
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