Woman Holding a Balance
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This document analyzes the painting "Woman Holding a Balance" by Johannes Vermeer from the 1600s. It discusses several possible influences on the painting, including another work by Pieter de Hooch from around the same time period. It also examines who may have posed for the woman in the painting and explores various symbolic interpretations of elements within the painting, such as the balance, mirror, and picture-within-a-picture depicting the Last Judgment. The document considers different views on the overall meaning and message of the painting.
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- 2. Woman Holding a Balance Othertitles: WomanWeighingGold/WomanTesting a Balance/WomanWeighingPearls Date of composition: c. 1662-1665 Material:Oiloncanvas Size: 42.5 cm x 38 cm Currentlocation: TheNationalGallery, Washington D.C.
- 3. Inspiredorinspirer? Pieter de Hooch’sGoldWeigher(c. 1664) Neither of thepaintings are dated, so: whoinfluencedwho? De Hoochwas at the time living and working in Amsterdam, butlived in Delftforsomeyears. Exchange of ideas betweenbothartists? Itseemsthat De Hooch’spaintingoriginallycontained a second figure seatedonthefarside of thetable
- 4. WhoPosedforthe Young Lady? Familymember? Vermeer’swifeCatharina? Thesamewomanalsoposed in TheGirl Reading a Letterbyan Open WindowandWoman in Blue Reading a Letter Isthewomanpregnant? Itseemsthat Dutch fashion in themid 17th centuryencouragedbulkysilhouettes
- 5. ThePainting and the Balance Picture-within-a-picture: LastJudgment Theartist has remainedan enigma. ProbablyJacob de Backer Peculiar characteristic: theimage of Christwithbothhandsraised TheLastJudgment: theWeighing of thesouls Relatedtothesymbolism of thebalance
- 6. TheMirror Mirrorsappear4 times in Vermeer’soeuvre. A smalleronehangs in thesame position as in theWomanwith a PearlNecklace. Numerousiconographicassociations: Pride Vanity (theVanitastheme) Prudence (Prudenza) Self-knowledge and truth
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