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St Praxedis Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Diana and Her Companions Procuress Woman Asleep Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window Little Street
Officer and Laughing Girl Milkmaid Glass of Wine Girl with Wineglass Girl Interrupted at Her Music View of Delft Music Lesson
Woman in Blue Woman Holding a Balance Young Woman with a Water Pitcher Woman with a Lute Woman with a Pearl Necklace A Lady Writing Girl with a Pearl Earring
Concert Girl with the Red Hat Art of Painting Mistress and Maid Portrait of Young Woman The Geographer The Astronomer
Lacemaker Guitar Player Love Letter Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid Allegory of Faith A Lady Standing at the Virginal Lady Seated at the Virginal

Vermeer was adept at emulating other artists' techniques and styles, a characteristic that may account for the range of styles evident in his early biblical and mythological paintings. Here, however, he has given the saint a more physical presence than that seen in the Italian prototype. His colors are also more vivid and his mixtures of paint more complex. For example, to suggest the luminous sheen of Saint Praxedis's raspberry-colored dress he has subtly applied a thin
red glaze over a white underpaint.


Excerpt taken from Vermeer : The Complete Works
by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr

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