Johannes Vermeer - The Guitar Player. Young woman playing a guitar 1670-1672
The Guitar Player. Young woman playing a guitar 1670-1672
53x46cm oil/canvas
Kenwood House, London, UK
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From Kenwood House, London:
This painting is an exquisite work of art, perfectly capturing a moment in time. It is one of only 36 known paintings by Vermeer, an artist who specialised in depicting everyday life in domestic interiors. A young girl, possibly his daughter Maria, is interrupted from her guitar playing, as the string continues to vibrate. Vermeer has seated the girl so far to the left that her arm is cropped by the edge of the painting