The Milkmaid
painting by Johannes Vermeer
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Summary
The Milkmaid is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,527 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Johannes Vermeer[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Commissioned by: Pieter van Ruijven[5]
- Owned by: Rijksmuseum[6]
- Movement: Baroque[7], Dutch Golden Age painting[8]
- Genre: genre art[9]
- Depicts: coif[10], pitcher[11], platter[12], bread[13], basket[14], table[15], tablecloth[16], wall[17], window[18], milk[19], apron[20], corsage[21], skirt[22], crock[23]
- Made from material: canvas[24], oil paint[25]
- Collection: Rijksmuseum[26]
- Inventory number: SK-A-2344[27]
- Location: Gallery of Honour[28]
- Commons category: The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer[29]
- Country of origin: Netherlands[30]
- Catalog code: 2527A1[31], 62[32], 17[33], 75[34], 73[35], 2528a[36], 70[37], 43[38], 8[39]
- Inception: 1660[40]
- Exhibition history: Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting. Inspiration and Rivalry.[41], Vermeer[42]
- Significant event: sales[43]
- Described at URL: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-2344[44]
- Location of creation: Delft[45]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 47I22311[46], 41A773[47], 41B23[48], 41C621[49], 41C6413[50], 41C222[51], 41C21[52], 41A7751[53], 42F51[54], 41A2[55], 41A33[56], 41A771[57], 41C211[58]
- Described by source: Catalog of the paintings on show at the Rijksmuseum in 1956[59], 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[60]
- Title: Het melkmeisje[61], The Milkmaid[62], La Laitière[63], 牛乳を注ぐ女[64]
Why It Matters
The Milkmaid has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]