| The Procuress | |
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| Artist | Johannes Vermeer |
| Year | 1656 (signed and dated) |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 143 cm × 130 cm (56 in × 51 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden |
The Procuress is a painting created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1656 and at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister museum in Dresden.
Description edit
This is one of only three paintings Vermeer signed and dated (the other two are The Astronomer and The Geographer)
Reception edit
Some critics have thought the painting is atypical of Vermeer's style and expression.
Pieter Swillens wrote in 1950 that—if the work was by Vermeer at all—it showed the artist "seeking and groping" to find a suitable mode of expression. Eduard Trautscholdt wrote 10 years before that "The temperament of the 24-year-old Vermeer fully emerges for the first time" (footnote 2 -- Liedtke)
Provenance and Exhibitions edit
The painting was in the Wallenstein collection in Dux (Duchcov), then bought in 1741 for the Elector of Saxony. (Liedtke)
The painting was exhibited in 1980 at the Restaurierte Kunstwerke in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republic exhibit in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Altes Museum (Liedtke)
See also edit
- [[List of paintings by Johannes Vermeer
- [[Dutch Golden Age painting
References edit
Sources edit
- Liedtke, Walter; Michiel C. Plomp and Axel Ruger (2001). [0870999737 Vermeer and the Delft School]. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 372, 374. ISBN 0870999737. 0870999737.
- Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr., Johannes Vermeer, 1995, New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-06558-2
External links edit
- The Procuress Web page at the Essential Vermeer website
[[Category:Johannes Vermeer paintings
[[Category:Collections of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister