Woman Weighing Pearls
Medium
wood engraving on japan paper
Dimensions
image: 23.4 x 19.3 cm (9 3/16 x 7 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.5 x 29.2 cm (14 x 11 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John Farr Simmons
Accession Number
1982.110.1
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of Art, Timothy Cole's *Woman Weighing Pearls*1922) offers a masterful reproduction of Johannes Vermeer's iconic 17th-century painting., a pioneering American wood engraver, Vermeer's serene domestic scene—a woman meticulously weighing pearls at a table, bathed in soft, luminous light. Vermeer, a Dutch Golden Age master, was renowned for his intimate portrayals of everyday life infused with subtle symbolism, often exploring themes of vanity and transience through everyday objects like jewelry and scales. Rendered as a wood engraving on delicate japan paper—a fi...