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The Girl with the Wine Glass
The Girl with the Wine Glass ("Dame en twee heren") is a 1659-1660 painting by Johannes Vermeer, now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig.
Painting materials.
The pigment analysis done by Hermann Kühn shows Vermeer's use of the expensive natural ultramarine in the tablecloth, lead-tin-yellow in the oranges on the table and madder lake and vermilion in the skirt of the woman.
Further reading.
- Marjorie E. Wieseman, Wayne
The Girl with the Wine Glass", "The Glass of Wine", "Officer and Laughing Girl", "Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid", "Woman with a Water Jug", "Woman with a Lute", "Woman Holding a Balance", and "Woman with a Pearl Necklace"). Some experts questioned whether this painting was by Vermeer. The precision of the lighting from the window was thought to prove that it was in fact an original Vermeer.
Important objects and symbols Chairs