Johannes Vermeer, The Girl With a Wine Glass
1658Johannes Vermeer, The Girl With a Wine Glass
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Overview
The painting is also known as ‘A Couple with a Wineglass
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Size: 78 x 67Â cm
Art period: Baroque
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick
Collection
Pigments
Pigment Analysis
This pigment analysis is based on the work of Hermann Kühn of Doerner Institute in Munich (1).
1Â White window frame:Â lead white.
2Â Blue paint from the tablecloth:Â natural ultramarine.
3 Gray-blue wall: lead white, natural ultramarine, and smalt with small amounts of yellow ochre and charcoal black.
4 Yellow peel of an orange: Lead-tin-yellow with a small amount of lead white.
5Â Brownish-yellow tiles on the floor: yellow ochre with small amounts of lead white and natural ultramarine.
6 Red skirt of the woman: top layer of madder lake over a layer of vermilion.
7 Brownish-white ground from the window frame right edge: chalk, lead white and umber.
References
(1) Kuhn, H. A Study of the Pigments and Grounds Used by Jan Vermeer. Reports and Studies in the History of Art, 1968, 154–202.
Pigments Used in This Painting
Resources
See the collection of online and offline resources such as books, articles, videos, and websites on Johannes Vermeer in the section ‘Resources on Painters‘
PowerPoint Presentations
Painter in Context: Johannes Vermeer
A richly illustrated presentation on the painting technique and pigments employed by Johannes Vermeer specially crafted for Art Education. (Number of Slides = 24)
- Each presentation starts with the basic resources on the painter such as his biography, main catalogs of his paintings, and a bibliography.
- Next, you find slides describing the painting technique of the artist and the pigments he usually employed in his work.
- The majority of the slides show examples of paintings containing the specific pigments.
Slides showing the basic resources on the paintings of the Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer.Â
The painting technique of Johannes Vermeer is described and illustrated in the next slides.
The majority of the slides show important examples of paintings where Vermeer employed specific pigments. The slides are organized according to the color of the pigments.
Publications and Websites
Publications
(1) Salomon, N. From Sexuality to Civility: Vermeer’s Women, in Gaskell, I. and Jonker, M. ed., Vermeer Studies, in Studies in the History of Art, 55, National Gallery of Art, Washington 1998, pp. 309-322.
(2) Marjorie E. Wieseman, Wayne Franits & H. Perry Chapman, Vermeer’s Women: Secrets and Silence, Yale University Press 2011.
Websites
Janson, J., Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with a Wine Glass, Essential Vermeer, website.
Janson, J., Critical Assessment: The Girl with a Wine Glass, Essential Vermeer, website.
