The Lacemaker
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The Lacemaker is a small, intimate 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer depicting a young woman absorbed in the delicate craft of lace-making.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting → |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
celebrated example of Vermeer’s treatment of domestic interiors
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one of Vermeer’s smallest paintings → |
| artist |
Johannes Vermeer
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| artStyle |
Baroque
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| cataloguedIn |
Vermeer catalogues raisonnés
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| collection |
Musée du Louvre
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| colorPalette |
subdued colors
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warm tones → |
| completionDate |
c. 1670
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| country |
France
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| countryOfOrigin |
Dutch Republic
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| creator |
Johannes Vermeer
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| depicts |
bobbin lace-making
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domestic interior → needlework → young woman making lace → |
| feature |
careful rendering of threads and lace
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concentrated female figure → intimate scale → shallow pictorial space → soft, diffused light → strong focus on hands and tools → |
| genre |
genre painting
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| hasBeenExhibitedAt |
Louvre Museum permanent collection
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| height |
24.5 cm
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| inception |
c. 1669–1670
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| influenced |
later depictions of women at work in domestic interiors
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| languageOfTitle |
Dutch
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| locatedIn |
Paris
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| location |
Louvre Museum
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| mainSubject |
lacemaker
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| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| medium |
oil on canvas
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| movement |
Dutch Golden Age painting
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| orientation |
portrait format
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| originalTitle |
De kantwerkster
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| partOf |
Johannes Vermeer oeuvre
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| surface |
canvas
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| theme |
concentration and absorption
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craftsmanship → domestic virtue → female labor → |
| title |
The Lacemaker
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| width |
21 cm
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Johannes Vermeer
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Louvre Museum → |
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The Lacemaker
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