The Milkmaid
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The Milkmaid is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a domestic servant quietly pouring milk in a kitchen interior.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Milkmaid canonical | 6 |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milkmaid_(Vermeer) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting
ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| artist | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | realism ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Rijksmuseum
ⓘ
surface form:
Rijksmuseum collection catalogue
|
| city | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| collection |
Rijksmuseum
ⓘ
surface form:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
|
| colorPalette | blue and yellow accents ⓘ |
| completionDate | c. 1657–1658 ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| creator | Johannes Vermeer ⓘ |
| depicts |
domestic servant
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earthenware milk jug ⓘ foot warmer ⓘ kitchen interior ⓘ table with bread ⓘ window with daylight ⓘ woman pouring milk ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | 17th-century Dutch domestic life ⓘ |
| genre | Dutch Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
everyday life scene
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interior scene ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | single-point interior perspective ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Het melkmeisje
ⓘ
The Milkmaid self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Dutch Golden Age prosperity ⓘ |
| iconography | virtue and domesticity ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1657–1658 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Dutch ⓘ |
| lighting | natural light from left window ⓘ |
| location | Rijksmuseum ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
domestic work
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milk ⓘ milkmaid ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
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Dutch Golden Age ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of textures
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quiet domestic scene ⓘ use of light ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| surface | fine, smooth brushwork with detailed passages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Milkmaid Description of subject: The Milkmaid is a celebrated 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Johannes Vermeer depicting a domestic servant quietly pouring milk in a kitchen interior.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Johannes Vermeer
this entity surface form:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milkmaid_(Vermeer)