Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
ca. 1662
Vermeer captures a quiet, sunlit morning in a 17th-century Dutch home, where a woman in a crisp blue dress and white headscarf gently opens a stained-glass window. She pauses with a silver pitcher in hand, seemingly lost in thought as the cool light washes over a rich red tablecloth and a map on the wall. Painted around 1662, this masterpiece is a prime example of the Dutch Golden Age's love for everyday tranquility. It currently hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where visitors often stop to admire how the artist turned a simple morning routine into a moment of pure poetry.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.7 cm × 40.6 cm
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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