Girl with a Red Hat
1665–1666 painting by Johannes Vermeer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Girl with a Red Hat is a rather small painting, signed by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is seen as one of a number of Vermeer's tronies – depictions of models fancifully dressed that were not (as far as is known) intended to be portraits of specific, identifiable subjects. Whether Vermeer chose family members as models or found them elsewhere in Delft is irrelevant to the appreciation of his paintings.[1] Its attribution to Vermeer – as it is on a (recycled) wood panel and not on canvas – has been a matter of controversy with scholars on both sides of the argument.[2] However, in recent study carried out by the curators of National Gallery of Art certainty has been established on the authorship of the painting by Vermeer, a conclusion also supported by Dutch experts.[3][4]
Girl with a Red Hat | |
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Artist | Johannes Vermeer |
Year | c. 1669 |
Medium | Oil on panel |
Movement | Dutch Golden Age painting |
Dimensions | 23.2 cm × 18.1 cm (9.1 in × 7.1 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |