The Lacemaker

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The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance celebrated example of Vermeer’s treatment of domestic interiors
one of Vermeer’s smallest paintings
artist Johannes Vermeer
artStyle Baroque
cataloguedIn Johannes Vermeer
surface form: Vermeer catalogues raisonnés
collection Louvre Museum
surface form: Musée du Louvre
colorPalette subdued colors
warm tones
completionDate c. 1670
country France
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Johannes Vermeer
depicts bobbin lace-making
domestic interior
needlework
young woman making lace
feature careful rendering of threads and lace
concentrated female figure
intimate scale
shallow pictorial space
soft, diffused light
strong focus on hands and tools
genre genre painting
hasBeenExhibitedAt Louvre Museum permanent collection
height 24.5 cm
inception c. 1669–1670
influenced later depictions of women at work in domestic interiors
languageOfTitle Dutch
locatedIn Paris
location Louvre Museum
mainSubject lacemaker
materialUsed oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Dutch Golden Age painting
orientation portrait format
originalTitle The Seamstress
surface form: De kantwerkster
partOf Johannes Vermeer oeuvre
surface canvas
theme concentration and absorption
craftsmanship
domestic virtue
female labor
title The Lacemaker self-link
width 21 cm

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Johannes Vermeer notableWork The Lacemaker
Louvre Museum notableWork The Lacemaker
The Lacemaker title The Lacemaker self-link
Nicolaes Maes notableWork The Lacemaker