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A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals
A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals is a painting generally attributed to Johannes Vermeer, though this was for a long time widely questioned. A series of technical examinations from 1993 onwards confirmed the attribution. It is thought to date from c.1670 and is now in part of the Leiden Collection in New York. It should not be confused with "Young Woman Seated at a Virginal" in the National Gallery, London, also by Vermeer.
Provenance and attribution.
The painting's
Vermeer in the collection, "Lady Seated at a Virginal", on a canvas of almost exactly the same size, with which it may form a pair. A recent study has shown that the canvas for the two paintings came from the same bolt. In addition, the ground applied to the canvas of each painting appears to be identical and also to be shared with the New York "Young Woman Seated at the Virginals".
The painting is depicted in David Hockney's 1977 oil painting 'Looking at Pictures on