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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 thoughtfully conceived this work to focus on the two figures and to reinforce the bonds that unite them. For example, the orthogonals of the perspective system reinforce the woman's central thematic importance by converging at her sunlit sleeve. Furthermore, Vermeer strengthened the psychological bonds uniting them through the measured shapes of the virginal, mirror, and black-framed painting, which establish a complex visual framework for their relationship.

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

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