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A Girl Asleep, 1657

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Johannes Vermeer: A Girl Asleep  wikidata:Q684935 reasonator:Q684935
Artist
Johannes Vermeer  (1632–1675)  wikidata:Q41264 q:en:Johannes Vermeer
 
Johannes Vermeer
Alternative names
Johannes van der Meer, Jan Vermeer, Jan Vermeer van Delft, Johannes Reyniersz. Vermeer
Description Dutch painter and art dealer
Date of birth/death October 1632 15 December 1675 (buried)
Location of birth/death Delft Edit this at Wikidata Delft Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1653–1675
Work location
Delft (1653–1675) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41264
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Dutch:
Het Slapende Meisje Edit this at Wikidata

A Woman Asleep -or- A Girl Asleep
label QS:Lde,"Schlafendes Mädchen"
label QS:Lnl,"Slapend meisje"
label QS:Len,"A Woman Asleep -or- A Girl Asleep"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1656 and circa 1657
date QS:P571,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1656-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1657-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 87.6 cm (34.4 in); width: 76.5 cm (30.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,87.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,76.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Accession number
14.40.611
Object history by 1674
date QS:P,+1674-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1674-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Pieter van Ruijven (1624-1674), Delft (?)

1674: inherited by Maria de Knuijt (†1681), Delft (?)
1681: inherited by Magdalena van Ruijven (†1682), Delft (?)
1682: inherited by Jacob Dissius (†1695) (?)
16 May 1696: sale of the collection of Jacob Dissius at an unknown auction house, Amsterdam

after 1873
date QS:P,+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1873-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: acquired by John Waterloo Wilson, Paris
between 14 March 1881 and 16 March 1881
date QS:P,+1881-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1881-03-14T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1881-03-16T00:00:00Z/11
: purchased by Sedelmeyer, Paris, at the sale of the collection of John Waterloo Wilson

1881: purchased by Rodolphe Kahn (†1905), Paris, from Sedelmeyer, Paris

from 1905 until 1907
date QS:P,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: the estate of Rodolphe Kahn

1907: purchased by Duveen, London, from the estate of Rodolphe Kahn
1908: purchased by Benjamin Altman (1840-1913), New York City, from Duveen, London

1913: bequeathed to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, by Benjamin Altman, New York City
References
Source/Photographer Jan Vermeer (1632-1675), 1993. ISBN 3-8228-9610-1. Distributed by Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other versions
File:Vermeer - Girl Asleep.jpg File:Johannes Vermeer - A woman asleep 1656-57.jpg
Version from www.met-museum.org		 File:A Maid Asleep - Painting of Vermeer, with frame.jpg
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current10:57, 1 April 2018Thumbnail for version as of 10:57, 1 April 20183,263 × 3,759 (8.64 MB)Alonso de Mendoza (talk | contribs)correct colours
22:20, 17 November 2012Thumbnail for version as of 22:20, 17 November 20123,092 × 3,561 (8.17 MB)Jan Arkesteijn (talk | contribs)higher resolution
07:47, 28 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 07:47, 28 April 20101,376 × 1,636 (3.02 MB)Jan Arkesteijn (talk | contribs)moved colors and saturation closer to http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/a_maid_asleep_johannes_vermeer/objectview.aspx?page=3&sort=1&sortdir=asc&keyword=vermeer&fp=1&dd1=0&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=0&OID=110002331&vT=1
14:18, 21 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 14:18, 21 July 20061,376 × 1,636 (1.21 MB)RoterRabe (talk | contribs){{Painting| |Title=<br /> ** ''de:'' Schlafendes Mädchen ** ''en:'' A Woman Asleep -or- A Girl Asleep |Technique=<br /> ** ''de:'' Öl auf Leinwand |Dimensions=<br /> ** ''de:'' 86,5 × 76 cm |Location=<br /> ** ''de:'' New York |Country=<br /> ** ''de:'

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