Young Woman with a Lute
Johannes Vermeer
$47.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Johannes Vermeer's Young Woman with a Lute (ca. 1662–63) is one of the Dutch master's most quietly captivating works, now housed in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The painting depicts a young woman seated by a window, her gaze turned toward the light as she tunes her lute — a gesture suspended in a single, luminous moment that feels both intimate and eternal.
Vermeer's mastery of natural light is on full display here. The cool, diffused illumination entering from the left bathes the scene in a soft clarity that gives the composition extraordinary depth and atmosphere. The lute, a common symbol of harmony, love, and courtly refinement in seventeenth-century Dutch culture, suggests themes of music, longing, and perhaps the anticipation of a companion. A map of Europe hangs on the wall behind the figure, hinting at the era's fascination with geography, trade, and the wider world.
Painted in oil on canvas during the height of the Dutch Golden Age, this work exemplifies Vermeer's rare ability to transform the domestic into the transcendent. This museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas with a hand-finished 0.75-inch gallery wrap, ready to hang — bringing the quiet brilliance of Vermeer directly into your space.
| Artist | Johannes Vermeer |
| Year | ca. 1662–63 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 20 1/4 x 18 in. (51.4 x 45.7 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Available sizes | |
| Small | 20 × 25 cm (8″ × 10″) |
| Medium | 51 × 76 cm (20″ × 30″) |
| Large | 102 × 152 cm (40″ × 60″) |
| All sizes include a 0.75" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required. | |
