The Lacemaker (Vermeer)

The Lacemaker
ArtistJohannes Vermeer
Yearc. 1669-1670
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24.5 cm × 21 cm (9.6 in × 8.3 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris

The Lacemaker is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), completed around 1669–1670 and held in the Louvre, Paris. The work shows a young woman wearing a yellow bodice, holding up a pair of bobbins in her left hand as she carefully places a pin in the pillow on which she is making her bobbin lace.

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