The Milkmaid
Details
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- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height 45.5 cm x width 41 cm
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
- Image provider
- rijksmuseum
- License
- Public Domain
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Interiors Visual · 99%
The image shows an enclosed room with a leaded window, wall, table, hanging objects, and a tiled lower area.
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Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 98%
The title identifies a milkmaid, and the image presents an ordinary household activity rather than a historical or ceremonial event.
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The Domestic and Domesticity Both · 95%
The figure performs a domestic task among a table, vessels, bread, textiles, and other household furnishings.
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Work and Workers Both · 96%
The woman is visibly engaged in labor, pouring from a pitcher while preparing food or drink; the title identifies her as a milkmaid.
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Food Visual · 98%
Bread and other food items are clearly visible across the foreground table, alongside the bowl receiving the liquid.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
A single standing woman occupies the central portion of the composition.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 100%
The museum metadata classifies the work as a painting.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 100%
The museum metadata specifies oil on canvas.
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Chiaroscuro Visual · 84%
Strong illumination from the left contrasts with substantially darker areas around the window, table, and lower foreground, producing pronounced light-dark modeling.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated c. 1660, placing it in the seventeenth century.
Source & rights
Johannes Vermeer. The Milkmaid. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.