Officer and Laughing Girl, after Vermeer
Medium
Etching, sixth state of six (Gonse)
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 12 13/16 in. (37.5 × 32.5 cm) Plate: 9 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (23.5 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2881
Tags
About the Artist
Johannes Vermeer|Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart · 1632–1675
Johannes Vermeer, baptized on October 31, 1632, in Delft, Dutch Republic, was born into a middle-class family; his father, Reijnier Janszoon, worked as an innkeeper and art dealer, while his mother, Digna Baltens, hailed from Antwerp. After his father's death in 1652, Vermeer took over the family art business. In 1653, he married Catharina Bolnes, a Catholic woman from a wealthier family, converti...