A maid in a yellow bodice and blue apron pours a thin stream of milk from a jug into a bowl on a table of bread, lit from a window on the left.

Northern Wonder

The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer

artist Johannes Vermeer

date c. 1660

medium Oil on canvas

origin Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

dimensions 45.5 × 41 cm

credit line Johannes Vermeer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Open Access, Public domain

exhibitions Northern Wonder

hall 02 Northern Wonder

rights Public domain

rijksmuseum.nl Full image

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