Vermeer Journal: Officer and Laughing Girl

In Officer and Laughing Girl, Vermeer transforms the subject of a young woman entertaining her suitor, already popular in Dutch art, into a dazzling study of light-filled space. Of about thirty-five paintings accepted by scholars as original works by Vermeer, The Frick Collection owns three. Henry Clay Frick purchased this painting, his second by Vermeer, in 1911.

7.25 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches, lined paper inside

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675)
Officer and Laughing Girl (detail), c. 1657

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