A young woman in a white linen hood opens a leaded window with one hand and holds a silver pitcher on a basin with the other, a map on the wall behind her.

Northern Wonder

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Johannes Vermeer

artist Johannes Vermeer

date c. 1662

medium Oil on canvas

origin The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

dimensions 45.7 × 40.6 cm

credit line Johannes Vermeer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Open Access, CC0 1.0

exhibitions Northern Wonder

hall 02 Northern Wonder

rights CC0 1.0

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