Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer · 1665
Why it's great
A woman holds an empty pair of scales in a sunlit room, with a mirror, a blue cloth and jewelry, while behind her a painting of the Last Judgment hangs on the wall. Johannes Vermeer painted it in about 1665.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter born in Delft in 1632. He painted calm scenes of women in sunlit rooms, with pearls, maps, letters and music, and made fewer than 40 paintings that we know of. He died in 1675, and he was almost forgotten until the 1800s.
